A. The SD value of the 18th comparison in calculation (i) above is consistent withthe suggestion that the fish compared in fact do not all belong to the samespecies.B. The K2P divergence values reported in calculation (ii) is consistent with theproposal that A. spinifer populations of India and South Africa arose from acommon source population, but that there is greater variation in the ecologicalniches of India as compared to South Africa.C. The divergence values in calculation (iii) show that, as compared tointerregional divergence values, global divergence values are more informativeof extent of divergence that exists for P. indicus in the world.D. With reference to calculation (iii), the difference between global divergencevalue (9.46%) and average of interregional divergence values (11.58) can beexplained by unequal number of specimens from different regions.