Table 1. Primers used in the study.

Exon	Primer Sequence	Annealing Temp. (°C)	Amplicon Size (bp)
Promoter-F	TGTAAAACGACGGCCAGTAGGGACTGAGGGAGCACT	60	465
Promoter-R	CAGGAAACAGCTATGACCAGCCATGGTGACCCCTCT
1A-F	TGTAAAACGACGGCCAGTTCCCAGCCTGTTGCTTATTC	60	789
1A-R	CAGGAAACAGCTATGACCGTTGCTGGGAGACGGAGGT
1B-F	TGTAAAACGACGGCCAGTATTCGGCTTTGGCCAGGT	60	810
1B-R	CAGGAAACAGCTATGACCCCGGAGCAGTTTCCAGTG
1C-F•	TGTAAAACGACGGCCAGTGCTCAACTCGGGCTCAGA	57	553
1C-R•	CAGGAAACAGCTATGACCCGCCGTACTCCTCGTAGC
2-F	TGTAAAACGACGGCCAGTTGCTCTCAATGTCATGCTCTT	60	209
2-R	CAGGAAACAGCTATGACCCGGGGACTATCCCAACACT
3-F	TGTAAAACGACGGCCAGTGTGTCACTGTGCCCCAACC	60	232
3-R	CAGGAAACAGCTATGACCCCCAGAGGAGAAGTGGAAGA
4-F	TGTAAAACGACGGCCAGTGAGAGGCCCAGGGAAGACTA	58	265
4-R	CAGGAAACAGCTATGACCCCTCCCCAACTCCTTATCCT
5-F	TGTAAAACGACGGCCAGTGGGGTGGCTCTGGGAAAC	58	210
5-R	CAGGAAACAGCTATGACCGGGGGACATTGGACATGA
6-F	TGTAAAACGACGGCCAGTCCCCTGACTAGACTCCCTTTC	60	234
6-R	CAGGAAACAGCTATGACCGTATCTCAGGTGGCCTTGC
7-F	TGTAAAACGACGGCCAGTCTACTTTGCAGCCCCTCATT	60	410
7-R	CAGGAAACAGCTATGACCCCAGGCCCAAACTAGCTG

F: Forward; R: Reverse; ^•SNPs rs1048661 and rs3825942 were amplified with this primers set. Bold and underlined sequences are those of the M13.