About the Authors

Ilaria Milano

ilaria.milano2@unibo.it

Affiliation Department of Experimental and Evolutionary Biology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Massimiliano Babbucci

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Comparative Pathology, and Veterinary Hygiene, University of Padova, Legnaro, Italy

Frank Panitz

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Aarhus University, Tjele, Denmark

Rob Ogden

Affiliation TRACE Wildlife Forensics Network, Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Rasmus O. Nielsen

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Aarhus University, Tjele, Denmark

Martin I. Taylor

Affiliation Molecular Ecology and Fisheries Genetics Laboratory (MEFGL), School of Biological Sciences, Environment Centre Wales, University of Bangor, Bangor, Gwynedd, United Kingdom

Sarah J. Helyar

Affiliation Molecular Ecology and Fisheries Genetics Laboratory (MEFGL), School of Biological Sciences, Environment Centre Wales, University of Bangor, Bangor, Gwynedd, United Kingdom

Gary R. Carvalho

Affiliation Molecular Ecology and Fisheries Genetics Laboratory (MEFGL), School of Biological Sciences, Environment Centre Wales, University of Bangor, Bangor, Gwynedd, United Kingdom

Montserrat Espiñeira

Affiliation ANFACO-CECOPECSA, Vigo, Spain

Miroslava Atanassova

Affiliation ANFACO-CECOPECSA, Vigo, Spain

Fausto Tinti

Affiliation Department of Experimental and Evolutionary Biology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Gregory E. Maes

Affiliation Laboratory of Animal Diversity and Systematics, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Tomaso Patarnello

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Comparative Pathology, and Veterinary Hygiene, University of Padova, Legnaro, Italy

FishPopTrace Consortium
Luca Bargelloni

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Comparative Pathology, and Veterinary Hygiene, University of Padova, Legnaro, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GRC LB TP RO GEM. Performed the experiments: FP RON RO MIT SJH ME MA IM MB. Wrote the paper: IM LB RO GRC FT MB FP. Carried out in silico analyses: FP RON RO MIT SJH IM MB ME MA. Analyzed genotype data: IM MB RO LB. Carried out statistical analysis: IM MB RO LB.