Table 2. Individual nuclear gene –lnL differences and SH test results.

	IRBP	vWF	ApoB	BRCA1	RAG1
(A) Placement of W. bicolor
1. Outside monophyletic Macropus	2765.74	+10.18	1763.63	+17.45	1008.98
2. With M. (Notamacropus)	+7.95	2057.71	1763.63	5488.65	1008.98
	P = 0.117	P = 0.070	—	P = 0.055	—
(B) Placement of M. irma
1. With M. (Osphranter)	+14.10	+10.18	+2.85	5504.78	+0.05
2. With M. (Notamacropus)	2763.58	2057.71	1763.82	5504.78	1009.18
	P = 0.045	P = 0.042	P = 0.226	—	P = 0.646

ML placements in bold.

To ensure relevance of the individual gene results to the overall nuclear phylogeny, the relative positions of the outgroups and placements within M. (Macropus), M. (Osphranter) and core-Notamacropus were fixed (see Figure 2).