The 14 STRs used in this study.

Locus	Rhesus chromosome location**	Repeat motif	Multiplex Group	Dye Label-Forward Primer (5’-3’)****	Reverse Primer (5’-3’)****	μM in PCR*****
D3S1768	2	Tetranucleotide	A	FAM-GGTTGCTGCCAAAGATTAGA	CACTGTGATTTGCTGTTGGA	0.07
D6S276	4	Dinucleotide	B	NED-TTCCAGTGTATACATCAATCAAATCA	GGGTGCAACTTGTTCCTCCT	0.12
D6S291	4	Dinucleotide	B	VIC-CTCAGAGGATGCCATGTCTAAAATA	GGGGATGACGAATTATTCACTAACT	0.10
D6S1691	4	Dinucleotide	B	FAM-AGGACAGAATTTTGCCTC	GCTGCTCCTGTATAAGTAATAAAC	0.10
D7S513	3	Dinucleotide	A	VIC-AGTGTTTTGAAGGTTGTAGGTTAAT	ATATCTTTCAGGGGAGCAGG	0.07
D7S794	3	Tetranucleotide	A	FAM-ACCATACTCCTCAGCCTCCA	GTGTTCGGGTTCTCCAAAGA	0.07
D8S1106	8	Tetranucleotide	B	PET-GCGGCATGTTTTCCTACTTT	TTCTCAGAATTGCTCATAGTGC	0.06
D10S1412	9	Trinucleotide	B	VIC-TGCCTTAGCTCCTGCATACTGA	GGGACAGTTCTTCTCCCTCCA	0.10
D11S925	14	Dinucleotide	A	VIC-GCTCCTCCAGTAATTCTGTC	TTAGACCATTATGGGGGCAA	0.09
D13S765	17	Tetranucleotide	A	NED-TGTAACTTACTTCAAATGGCTCA	TTGAAACTTACAGACAGCTTGC	0.10
D16S403	20	Dinucleotide	A	VIC-GTTTTCTCCCTGGGACATTT	TATTCATTTGTGTGGGCATG	0.17
D18S72	2	Dinucleotide	B	NED-GCTAGATGACCCAGTTCCC	CTGCAGAAAGGTTACATATTCCA	0.05
MFGT21*	8	Dinucleotide	B	FAM-AACTTCAGTAAGATAAGGACC	CCTGAGGTCTGGACTTTAT	0.10
MFGT22*	Unknown	Dinucleotide	B	VIC-CAACATAGAGAGATTCCATCTC	CGTTAAGTATGATGTTAGCTAG	0.15

^*STR and primers developed from Macaca fuscata sequence [Domingo-Roura et al. 1997].

^**Chromosome locations are based on the NCBI Map Viewer (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mapview/) and the Southwest Foundation Rhesus Genome Map (www.snprc.org/linkage/index.html).

^***Based on cloned and whole genome sequences

^***Primer sequences shown in bold font were redesigned from Jan. 2006 rheMac2 draft assembly v.1.0 available on the UCSC Genome Browser (http://www.genome.ucsc.edu). Primers for STRs with name prefix starting with “D” are based on human sequences that are fully, or nearly so, conserved in rhesus.

^*****Primer concentration used for detection with ABI 3730 capillary electrophoresis instrument.