Fig. 1: Sampling, population structure and gene flow.

a Sampling locations for African lions. Inset shows the 15 newly-sequenced genomes for this study including 10 Ngorongoro Crater, 3 Greater Serengeti and 2 Selous* lions. b Principal Component Analysis. (c) Admixture plot for K = 2-6 and for the 15 newly-sequenced and five lion genomes from de Manuel et al. 31. Cross Validation error values are given. *Note that Selous is nowadays known as Nyerere National Park.