Phylogeography, genetic diversity, and population structure of Nile crocodile populations at the fringes of the southern African distribution

• Barbara van Asch ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors are joint first authors on this work.

  Affiliation Department of Genetics, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Matieland, South Africa

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0171-879X

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• William F. Versfeld ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors are joint first authors on this work.

  Affiliation Department of Genetics, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Matieland, South Africa

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• Kelvin L. Hull,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Genetics, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Matieland, South Africa

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• Alison J. Leslie,

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Matieland, South Africa

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• Timoteus I. Matheus,

  Roles Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Directorate of Scientific Services, Department of Natural Resources Management, Ministry of Environment & Tourism, Private Bag 13306, Windhoek, Namibia

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2045-083X

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• Petrus C. Beytell,

  Roles Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Directorate of Scientific Services, Department of Natural Resources Management, Ministry of Environment & Tourism, Private Bag 13306, Windhoek, Namibia

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• Pierre du Preez,

  Roles Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Directorate of Scientific Services, Department of Natural Resources Management, Ministry of Environment & Tourism, Private Bag 13306, Windhoek, Namibia

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• Ruhan Slabbert,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Genetics, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Matieland, South Africa, Department of Ancient Studies, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Matieland, South Africa

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• Clint Rhode

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: clintr@sun.ac.za

  Affiliation Department of Genetics, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Matieland, South Africa

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7969-7282

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