“…Atlantic salmon Salmo salar was used as outgroup. The detailed laboratory protocol of mtDNA analysis was described earlier [11][12][13]. In accordance with the objectives of the study, different sets of 20 restriction endonucleases (MBI Fermentas, Lithuania; SibEnzyme, Russia) were used, including AsuI, AvaI, AvaII, BstNI, BstUI, DdeI, EcoRV, HhaI, HinfI, MboI, MboII, MspI, RsaI, StyI, BsuRI, VspI, BclI, SspI, Bme1390I, and TaqI.…”