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. 2010 Aug 23;10:60. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-10-60

Table 2.

Primer cocktail (F, forward and R, reverse) and sequencing primers to detect polymorphisms occurring in fragments AB (226 bp), A (109 bp) and B (95 bp) of mitochondrial cytochrome b in 17 fish species of the Scombridae fish family.

Primer name Primer sequence 5'-3'
PCR primer cocktails FRAGMENT AB
USBotA-CytbsF GCCAGTGATTACAACGGGGCCTCTTTCTTCTT
USBotB-CytbsF GCCAGTGATTACAACGGCGCYTCCTTCTTCTT
USBotCbis-CytbsF GCCAGTGATTACAACGGTGCTTCYTTCTTCTT
USBotDbis-CytbsF GCCAGTGATTACAACGGGGCCTCCTTCTTCTT
USS1-UniT-R TGACCCGATCGTRGCATTGTCTACTGARAAGCC
USS1-UniK-R TGACCCGATCGTGGCGTTGTCTACTGAAAAGCC
USS1-UniR-R TGACCCGATCGTGGCGTTGTCTACTGAGAAGCC
USS1-UniSA-R TGACCCGATCGTRGCATTGTCTACAGAGAAGCC
Sequencing primers
USbot2-F GTTGTAAAACGACGGCCAGTGATTACAACGG
USS2-UniT-R CACAGGAAACAGCTATGACCCGATCGTRGC
PCR primer cocktails FRAGMENT A
USBotA-CytbsF GCCAGTGATTACAACGGGGCCTCTTTCTTCTT
USBotB-CytbsF GCCAGTGATTACAACGGCGCYTCCTTCTTCTT
USBotCbis-CytbsF GCCAGTGATTACAACGGTGCTTCYTTCTTCTT
USBotDbis-CytbsF GCCAGTGATTACAACGGGGCCTCCTTCTTCTT
USAP-UniT-R ATGACCGACCAAGGGAAGRACGTAGCCRACGAA
USAP-UniK-R ATGACCGACCAAGGGAAGTACGTARCCGACGAA
USAP-UniR-R ATGACCGACCAATGGRAGTACGTAGCCGACGAA
USAP-UniE-R ATGACCGACCAAAGGGAGTACGTAACCGACGAA
USAP-UniSA-R ATGACCGACCAAGGGAAGRACGTARCCGACGAA
Sequencing primers
USbot2-F GTTGTAAAACGACGGCCAGTGATTACAACGG
USAP2-R CACAGGAAACAGCTATGACCGACCAANGG
PCR primer cocktails FRAGMENT B
USS1-UniT-F GCCAGTGATTACTTCGTYGGCTACGTYCTTCCCT
USS1-UniK-F GCCAGTGATTACTTCGTCGGYTACGTACTTCCCT
USS1-UniR-F GCCAGTGATTACTTCGTCGGCTACGTACTYCCAT
USS1-UniE-F GCCAGTGATTACTTCGTCGGTTACGTACTCCCTT
USS1-UniSA-F GCCAGTGATTACTTCGTCGGYTACGTYCTTCCCT
USS1-UniT-R TGACCCGATCGTRGCATTGTCTACTGARAAGCC
USS1-UniK-R TGACCCGATCGTGGCGTTGTCTACTGAAAAGCC
USS1-UniR-R TGACCCGATCGTGGCGTTGTCTACTGAGAAGCC
USS1-UniSA-R TGACCCGATCGTRGCATTGTCTACAGAGAAGCC
Sequencing primers
USS2-UniT-F GTTGTAAAACGACGGCCAGTGATTACTTCGT
USS2-UniT-R CACAGGAAACAGCTATGACCCGATCGTRGC

The amplicon size is respectively of 291 bp (fragment AB), 175 bp (fragment A) and 163 bp (fragment B). Italic: 5' Partial Universal Primer (PUP) and 5' Universal Primer (UP); bold: Read Start signal (RS1 and RS2); normal text: 3' cocktail portion (CP).