ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We would like to thank D. Dawson, G. Horsburgh and the NERC Sheffield Molecular Genetics Facility for providing the protocol for microsatellite isolation and support. This work was supported by the project GenomePT (POCI010145FEDER022184) and the project FRESHING funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) and COMPETE (PTDC/AAGMAA/2261/2014POCI010145FEDER356016824). FMSM was supported by FCT PhD grant SFRH/BD/104703/2014. Miguel Areias was funded by the FCT grant SFRH/BPD/108018/2015.