Table 1. The mitochondrial DNA, sex and disease primers used in this study.

Organisim	Name	Target region	Primer Sequence (5′ – 3′)	Reference
H. sapiens	mt15975F	mtDNA Hypervariable Region 1	CTCCACCATTAGCACCCAAAGC	[29]
	mt16190F	mtDNA Hypervariable Region 1	CCCATGCCTACAAGCAAGTA	[51]
	mt16322R	mtDNA Hypervariable Region 1	TGGCTTTATGTACTATGTACTG	[30]
	mt16420R	mtDNA Hypervariable Region 1	TGATTTCACGGAGGATGGTG	[29]
	mt1F	mtDNA Hypervariable Region 2	GATCACAGGTCTATCACCC	[36]
	mt15F	mtDNA Hypervariable Region 2	CACCCTATTAACCACTCACG	[52]
	mt155F	mtDNA Hypervariable Region 2	TATTTATCGCACCTACGTTC	[36]
	mt279R	mtDNA Hypervariable Region 2	GATGTCTGTGTGGAAAGTGG	[36]
	mt429R	mtDNA Hypervariable Region 2	CTGTTAAAAGTGCATACCGCCA	[29]
	Amel1	Amelogenin gene	CCCTGGGCTCTGTAAAGAATAGTG	[31]
	Amel2	Amelogenin gene	ATCAGAGCTTAAACTGGGAAGCTG	[31]
	ARXF	X chromosome Alphoid Repeat	AATCATCAAATGGAGATTTG	[53]
	ARXR	X chromosome Alphoid Repeat	GTTCAGCTCTGTGAGTGAAA	[53]
	ARYF	Y chromosome Alphoid Repeat	ATGATAGAAACGGAAATATG	[53]
	ARYR	Y chromosome Alphoid Repeat	AGTAGAATGCAAAGGGCTCC	[53]
M. tuberculosis	INS.1	IS6110 repeat element	CGTGAGGGCATCGAGGTGGC	[32]
	INS.2	IS6110 repeat element	GCGTAGGCGTCGGTGACAAA	[32]
	P1	IS6110 repeat element	CTCGTCCAGCGCCGCTTCGG	[33]
	P2	IS6110 repeat element	CCTGCGAGCGTAGGCGTCGG	[33]
	IS3	IS6110 repeat element	TTCGGACCACCAGCACCTAA	[20]
	IS4	IS6110 repeat element	TCGGTGACAAAGGCCACGTA	[20]
	S12.F	Ribosomal protein S12 gene	CGTCGGGACAAGATCAGTAAG	[54]
	S12.R	Ribosomal protein S12 gene	CAACCTGCAGGAGCACTCGAT	[54]
M. leprae	LP1	RLEP repetitive element	TGCATGTCATGGCCTTGAGG	[24]
	LP2	RLEP repetitive element	CACCGATACCAGCGGCAGAA	[24]
	LP3	RLEP repetitive element	TGAGGTGTCGGCGTGGTC	[24]
	LP4	RLEP repetitive element	CAGAAATGGTGCAAGGGA	[24]
	LP5	18kDa Antigen gene	ATCGACTGTTGTTTGCGCAAC	[24]
	LP6	18kDa Antigen gene	CCAGCAACCGAAATGTTCGGA	[24]
	LP7	18kDa Antigen gene	TCATAGATGCCTAATCGACTG	[24]
	LP8	18kDa Antigen gene	GGCACATCTGCGGCCAGCA	[24]