Complex sentence: The genetic distance of a stork presumed to be "Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus asiaticus" from a confirmed individual of "E. a. australis" was 2.1%, much greater than the distances between other conspecific storks.
Split into simpler sentences: The genetic distance of a stork presumed to be "Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus asiaticus" from a confirmed individual of "E. a. australis" was 2.1%. This is much greater than the distances between other conspecific storks.