About the Authors
- Agostinho Antunes
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* E-mail: aantunes@ncifcrf.gov (AA); johnsonw@ncifcrf.gov (WEJ)
Affiliations Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America, CIMAR, Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Jennifer L. Troyer
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Affiliation Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, SAIC-Frederick, Inc., NCI-Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
- Melody E. Roelke
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Affiliation Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, SAIC-Frederick, Inc., NCI-Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
- Jill Pecon-Slattery
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Affiliation Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
- Craig Packer
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Affiliation Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America
- Christiaan Winterbach
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Affiliation Tau Consultants, Maun, Botswana
- Hanlie Winterbach
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Affiliation Tau Consultants, Maun, Botswana
- Graham Hemson
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Affiliation Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, Tubney, Oxon, United Kingdom
- Laurence Frank
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Affiliation Laikipia Predator Project, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America
- Philip Stander
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Current address: Predator Conservation Trust, Windhok, Namíbia
Affiliation Ministry of Environment and Tourism, Windhoek, Namibia
- Ludwig Siefert
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Affiliation Department of Wildlife and Animal Resources Management, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
- Margaret Driciru
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Affiliation Uganda Wildlife Authority, Kamwokya, Kampala, Uganda
- Paul J. Funston
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Affiliation Department of Nature Conservation, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, South Africa
- Kathy A. Alexander
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Current address: Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America
Affiliation Wildlife Veterinary Unit, Department of Wildlife and National Parks, Kasane, Botswana
- Katherine C. Prager
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
- Gus Mills
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Current address: The Tony and Lisette Lewis Foundation, Kgalagadi Cheetah Project, Upington, South Africa
Affiliation SANParks, Endangered Wildlife Trust and Mammal Research Institute, University of Pretoria, Skukuza, South Africa
- David Wildt
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Current address: Khao Kheow Open Zoo, Zoological Park Organization, Sriracha, Chonburia, Thailand
Affiliation Smithsonian's National Zoological Park, Conservation & Research Center, Front Royal, Virginia, United States of America
- Mitch Bush
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Current address: Khao Kheow Open Zoo, Zoological Park Organization, Sriracha, Chonburia, Thailand
Affiliation Smithsonian's National Zoological Park, Conservation & Research Center, Front Royal, Virginia, United States of America
- Stephen J. O'Brien
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Affiliation Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
- Warren E. Johnson
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* E-mail: aantunes@ncifcrf.gov (AA); johnsonw@ncifcrf.gov (WEJ)
Affiliation Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: AA JLT SJO WEJ. Performed the experiments: AA JLT MER WEJ. Analyzed the data: AA JLT MER SJO WEJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AA JLT MER JPS CP CW HW GH LF PS LS MD PJF KAA KCP GM DW MB SJO WEJ. Wrote the paper: AA JLT JPS CP SJO WEJ.