About the Authors

Kiranpreet Kaur

kiran.kaur@nmbu.no

Affiliation NMBU School of Veterinary Science, Sea Lice Research Centre, PO Box 8146 Dep., NO-0033, Oslo, Norway

Peder Andreas Jansen

Affiliation Norwegian Veterinary Institute, Pb 750, N-0106, Oslo, Norway

Vidar Teis Aspehaug

Affiliation PatoGen Analyse AS, Postboks 1527, 6025, Ålesund, Norway

Tor Einar Horsberg

Affiliation NMBU School of Veterinary Science, Sea Lice Research Centre, PO Box 8146 Dep., NO-0033, Oslo, Norway

Competing Interests

The commercial company PatoGen Analyse AS offers the genotyping service to their customers. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KK PAJ TEH. Performed the experiments: KK PAJ VTA TEH. Analyzed the data: KK PAJ VTA TEH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KK PAJ VTA TEH. Wrote the paper: KK PAJ VTA TEH.