Few genetic differences between Victorian and Western Australian blue penguins, Eudyptula minor

• Published in: New Zealand Journal of Zoology
• Main Authors: Banks, Jonathan C., Cruickshank, R. H., Drayton, G. M., Paterson, A. M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis 2008
• Subjects: control region; cytochrome‐b; mitochondrial DNA; Sphenisciformes; systematics; New Zealand; Penguin Island
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10289/8303; https://doi.org/10.1080/03014220809510123

Blue penguins, Eudyptula minor, breeding on Penguin Island, Western Australia are considerably larger than other blue penguins in Australia. If genetic isolation is the cause, it may have implications for the conservation status of some blue penguin populations. We compared the sequences of two mito...