Volckaert et al. Genetics Selection Evolution 2012, 44:15 http://www.gsejournal.org/content/44/1/15 Additional file 3: Consensus pedigree. RESSPECIES ID code of male and female parent, and number of offspring of the 11 largest families (FS01 to FS11) of the experimental population of European sea bass. The pedigree is based on assignments obtained with the software packages CERVUS, PAPA, and VITASSIGN, and submission to the RESSPECIES database (n = 922). Competing interests The authors declare no competing interests. Acknowledgements This study was funded by the European Commission (project AQUAFIRST contract number FP6-STREP-2004-513692). DJK and CSH acknowledge financial support from the BBSRC. The authors are indebted to E Couto, S Darivianaku, J Fuentes, P Guerreiro, M Kampakli, G Kotoulas and DM Power for their invaluable help with sample collection. Author details 1Laboratory of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Genomics, KU Leuven, Ch. Deberiotstraat 32, B-3000, Leuven, Belgium. 2Laboratory of Applied Fish Genetics and Fish Breeding, Department of Aquaculture & Fisheries Management, Technological Educational Institute of Messolonghi, Nea Ktiria, 30200, Messolonghi, Greece. 3Centre of Marine Sciences (CCMAR), University of Algarve, Gambelas, P-8005-139, Faro, Portugal. 4Division of Genetics and Genomics, Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Roslin, Midlothian, EH25 9PS, Edinburgh, UK. 5Animal Breeding and Genetics Group, Wageningen University, Postbox 338, NL-6700AH, Wageningen, The Netherlands. 6Current address: Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 750 07, Uppsala, Sweden. 7Current address: Laboratory for Cytogenetics and Genome Research, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49, B-3000, Leuven, Belgium. Authors’ contributions FAMV planned the genotyping and wrote the manuscript, BH performed the genotyping, CB participated in the experimental planning, organized and carried out the experiment, participated in the sampling and wrote the paper, BL participated in the sampling and genotyping, CM performed the heritability and correlation analyses, JKJVH participated in the experimental planning and genetic analysis, CH participated in the experimental planning and genetic analysis, D-JK participated in the experimental planning, genetic analysis and wrote the manuscript, AVMC participated in the experimental planning, participated in the sampling, performed the cortisol analyses and wrote the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. Received: 25 July 2011 Accepted: 20 April 2012 Published: 20 April 2012 References 1. 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