TABLE 1.

Equine-specific primer sequences.

Gene		Sequence (5'->3')	Amplicon Length	Accession Number
Scx c	Forward	TCT​GCC​TCA​GCA​ACC​AGA​GA	246	NM_001105150.1
	Reverse	AAA​GTT​CCA​GTG​GGT​CTG​GG
Mkx c	Forward	AGT​GGC​TTT​ACA​AGC​ACC​GT	217	XM_023632371.1
	Reverse	ACA​CTA​AGC​CGC​TCA​GCA​TT
Egr1 d	Forward	CCT​ACG​AGC​ACC​TGA​CCT​CAG	241	XM_001502553.5
	Reverse	GAT​GGT​GCT​GAA​GAT​GAA​GTG​G
CTGF	Forward	ACC​CGC​GTT​ACC​AAT​GAC​AA	140	XM_023651101.1
	Reverse	GGC​TTG​GAG​ATT​TTG​GGG​GT
LOX	Forward	CAG​GCG​ATT​TGC​GTG​TAC​TG	301	XM_023617821.1
	Reverse	ACT​TCA​GAA​CAC​CAG​GCA​CT
Col1a1 c	Forward	CAA​GAG​GAG​GGC​CAA​GAA​GA	261	XM_023652710.1
	Reverse	TCC​TGT​GGT​TTG​GTC​GTC​TG
Col3a1	Forward	TCC​TGG​GGC​TAG​TGG​TAG​TC	255	XM_008508902.1
	Reverse	GGC​GAA​CCA​TCT​TTG​CCA​TC
Dcn b	Forward	TTATCAAAGTGCCTGGTG	204	XM_005606467.3
	Reverse	CATAGACACATCGGAAGG
Eln d	Forward	CTA​TGG​TGT​CGG​TGT​CGG​AG	247	XM_023655466.1
	Reverse	GGG​GGC​TAA​CCC​AAA​CTG​AG
Tnc	Forward	TAC​TGA​TGG​GGC​CTT​CGA​GA	330	XM_023628745.1
	Reverse	AGC​AGC​TTC​CCA​GAA​TCC​AC
Bgn a	Forward	TGA​TTG​AGA​ACG​GGA​GCC​TGA​G	143	XM_023633175.1
	Reverse	TTT​GGT​GAT​GTT​GTT​GGT​GTG​C
Fbmd b	Forward	GCTTCTGCTGAGGGACAC	91	NM_001081777.1
	Reverse	GATTTCTGGGGTTGGGAC
Col14a1 b	Forward	CTGGACGATGGAAGTGAG	215	XM_005613197.3
	Reverse	GTGACCCTGAACTGCTGC
THBS4	Forward	ACG​TAA​ACA​CCC​AGA​CGG​AC	359	XM_023618094.1
	Reverse	CAC​CAA​CTC​GGA​GCC​TTC​AT
GAPDH b	Forward	GTGTCCCCACCCCTAACG	131	NM_001163856.1
	Reverse	AGTGTAGCCCAGGATGCC

^a(Jacobson et al., 2015).

^b(Miyabara et al., 2014).

^c(Mohanty et al., 2014).

^d(Yang et al., 2019).