Table 2. Characteristics of SNPs analysed in this study.

SNP	HWp-value	Minor allele frequency	Alleles	GenBankaccession series	Primers 5′ → 3′
rs174546	0.201	0.369	C:T	JQ773028–JQ773088	F: TCACCAACTACCTGCATGTGCCA
					R: TGCTGTCAGCCTTCGCCGACAT
rs174548	0.167	0.27	C:G	JQ773089–JQ773142	F: TACCTGGGTGGAAACCCAGTCCA
					R: TGAAGGGGACATGCAAGAAGGGC
rs174549	0.167	0.27	G:A	JQ773089–JQ773142	F: TACCTGGGTGGAAACCCAGTCCA
					R: TGAAGGGGACATGCAAGAAGGGC
rs174555	0.118	0.336	T:C	JQ773200–JQ773260	F: TGGGCAATGTCAGTGGTGGGGA
					R: ACAGATGAGTTCCGGGAGCTGC

Minor allele frequencies were comparable to those specified in the CEU HapMap dataset and did not violate Hardy Weinberg equilibrium (HW p-value).