A genome-wide data assessment of the African lion (Panthera leo) population genetic structure and diversity in Tanzania

• Nathalie Smitz,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Barcoding of Organisms and tissues of Policy Concern (BopCo)/Joint Experimental Molecular Unit (JEMU), Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium, Conservation Genetics, Department of Life Sciences, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5155-0801

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• Olivia Jouvenet,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Conservation Genetics, Department of Life Sciences, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium

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• Fredrick Ambwene Ligate,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Wildlife Division, Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

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• William-George Crosmary,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Fondation Internationale pour la Gestion de la Faune (IGF), Paris, France

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• Dennis Ikanda,

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

  Affiliation Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute, Arusha, Tanzania

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• Philippe Chardonnet,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Fondation Internationale pour la Gestion de la Faune (IGF), Paris, France

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• Alessandro Fusari,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Fondation Internationale pour la Gestion de la Faune (IGF), Paris, France

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• Kenny Meganck,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Barcoding of Organisms and tissues of Policy Concern (BopCo), Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium

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• François Gillet,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Conservation Genetics, Department of Life Sciences, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium

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• Mario Melletti,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation African Buffalo Initiative Group (AfBIG), IUCN/SSC/ASG, Rome, Italy

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• Johan R. Michaux

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: johan.michaux@uliege.be

  Affiliations Conservation Genetics, Department of Life Sciences, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium, Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (CIRAD), UPR AGIRS, Campus International de Baillarguet, Montpellier, France

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