Acknowledgements
The A.G. Leventis Foundation funded this work, and it was a
collaborative effort between the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland’s
(RZSS) WildGenes laboratory and the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
(AUTH), Greece. We would like to thank the Game and Wildlife
Conservation Trust for the collection of samples. We would also like to
thank Rosie Lennon and Keith Chalmers-Watson for the provision of
samples in the UK. Dr Helen Senn and Dr Gill Murray-Dickson have been
instrumental in driving this project forward and Jennifer Kaden has
tirelessly worked alongside them. In Greece, samples were provided by
the Greek Hunter’s Association. We also extend thanks to the wider RZSS
team including Jenny Kaden, Adam Naylor and Donna Brown.