High genetic diversity and demographic history of captive Siamese and Saltwater crocodiles suggest the first step toward the establishment of a breeding and reintroduction program in Thailand

• Sorravis Lapbenjakul,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Laboratory of Animal Cytogenetics and Comparative Genomics (ACCG), Department of Genetics, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Chatuchak, Bangkok, Thailand, Animal Breeding and Genetics Consortium of Kasetsart University (ABG-KU), Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand

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• Watcharaporn Thapana,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Laboratory of Animal Cytogenetics and Comparative Genomics (ACCG), Department of Genetics, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Chatuchak, Bangkok, Thailand, Animal Breeding and Genetics Consortium of Kasetsart University (ABG-KU), Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand, Center for Advanced Studies in Tropical Natural Resources, National Research University-Kasetsart University (CASTNAR, NRU-KU), Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand

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• Panupon Twilprawat,

  Roles Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory of Animal Cytogenetics and Comparative Genomics (ACCG), Department of Genetics, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Chatuchak, Bangkok, Thailand

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• Narongrit Muangmai,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Animal Breeding and Genetics Consortium of Kasetsart University (ABG-KU), Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand, Department of Fishery Biology, Faculty of Fisheries, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand

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• Thiti Kanchanaketu,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Genetics, Department of Science, Faculty of Liberal Arts and Science, Kasetsart University (Kamphaeng Saen Campus), Kamphaeng Saen, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand

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• Yosapong Temsiripong,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation R&D Center, Sriracha Moda Co., Ltd., Sriracha, Chonburi, Thailand

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• Sasimanas Unajak,

  Roles Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand

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• Surin Peyachoknagul,

  Roles Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Laboratory of Animal Cytogenetics and Comparative Genomics (ACCG), Department of Genetics, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Chatuchak, Bangkok, Thailand, Center for Advanced Studies in Tropical Natural Resources, National Research University-Kasetsart University (CASTNAR, NRU-KU), Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Naresuan University, Muang Phitsanulok, Phitsanulok, Thailand

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• Kornsorn Srikulnath

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: kornsorn.s@ku.ac.th

  Affiliations Laboratory of Animal Cytogenetics and Comparative Genomics (ACCG), Department of Genetics, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Chatuchak, Bangkok, Thailand, Animal Breeding and Genetics Consortium of Kasetsart University (ABG-KU), Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand, Center for Advanced Studies in Tropical Natural Resources, National Research University-Kasetsart University (CASTNAR, NRU-KU), Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand, Center of Excellence on Agricultural Biotechnology: (AG-BIO/PERDO-CHE), Bangkok, Thailand

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5985-7258

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