About the Authors
- Manuel Vera
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Affiliation Departamento de Genética, Facultad de Veterinaria. Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Lugo, Spain
- Paulino Martínez
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* E-mail: paulino.martinez@usc.es
Affiliation Departamento de Genética, Facultad de Veterinaria. Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Lugo, Spain
- Laura Poisa-Beiro
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Affiliation Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas, CSIC, Vigo, Spain
- Antonio Figueras
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Affiliation Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas, CSIC, Vigo, Spain
- Beatriz Novoa
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Affiliation Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas, CSIC, Vigo, Spain
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Wrote the paper: PM. Collaborated on the design of experiments and analysis of results: AF BN. Main design of experiments: PM. Performed all sequence and fragment analyses: MV. Carried out family crosses and managed biological material including DNA sampling, PCR reactions and cloning for sequencing: LP-B. Performed evolutionary analysis with statistical packages: MV. Provided all biological material and reagents for crosses, DNA extraction, PCR and cloning: BN. Provided all reagents and equipment for sequence analysis: PM. Collaborated on specific sections of the manuscript and revised the manuscript: AF BN MV.