“…Molecular markers, such as mtDNA D-loop and cytochrome b, microsatellites, RFLP (Restriction Fagments Length Polymorphism) and AFLP (Amplified Fragments Length Polymorphism), were recently used in a variety of investigations regarding brown trout. These include evolutionary and population-genetic studies (Zhang and Hewitt, 2003), phylogeography (Bernatchez, 2001;Cortey et al, 2002Cortey et al, , 2004, effects of stocking, conservation and management of populations and species (Apostolidis et al, 2008;Vera et al, 2010b;Kohout, 2012Kohout, , 2013, identification of migrating strains (Habibi et al, 2013) and resolving of the taxonomy-regarding confusion (Apostolidis et al, 2011;Mrdak et al, 2012). Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) has a number of characteristics that makes it a valuable molecular marker for evolutionary and population-genetic structure studies (Zhang and Hewitt, 2003).…”