Study traces spread of rodents in Oceania

By Xinhua News Agency

Sep 05, 2022 12:33 am

CANBERRA: Mountain formation in New Guinea five million years ago triggered the spread of diverse rodents across Oceania, Australian research has found.

In a study published in Current Biology recently, researchers from the Australian National University mapped the DNA of more than 150 rodent species from across Australia, New Guinea and Melanesian islands to discover how they are related and how they spread across the Pacific.

VARIOUS SPECIES Undated photo released by the Australian Wildlife Conservancy shows a red-tailed phascogale at Mount Gibson Wildlife Sanctuary in Western Australia. Mountain formation in New Guinea five million years ago triggered the spread of diverse rodents across Oceania, Australian research has found. XINHUA PHOTO

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