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. 2012 Sep 19;7(9):e45252. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0045252

Table 1. Assay conversion.

Assay Amplicon Sizes (bp) No Optimisation Δ Primer Ratio Preferred Analysis Method
Two-Primer Assays
D6Mit268 110, 123 +++ NT NMP
D6Mit235 180, 196 +++ NT NMP
D6Mit213 116, 150 +++ NT NMP
D6Mit201 106, 148 +++ NT NMP
D6Mit83 130, 150 +++ NT NMP
D6Mit104 146, 158 +++ NT FDC
D7Mit76 202, 224 +++ NT FDC
D7Mit247 100, 130 +++ NT NMP
D7Mit276 114, 132 + +++ NMP
D7Mit69 232, 238 + +++ FDC
D8Mit155 139, 151 +++ NT NMP
D9Mit89 148, 160 +++ NT NMP
D9Mit12 82, 90 +++ NT FDC
D9Mit214 116, 138 +++ NT FDC
FIC 437, 536 +++ NT NMP
FIT 400, 453 +++ NT NMP
Ube1 sex assay 132, 138 +++ NT NMP
Three-Primer Assays
FIN 278, 400 +++ NT NMP
RRF 279, 383 +++ NT NMP
RRFU 279, 334 +++ NT NMP
NLZ 280, 700 FDC
ND6 240, 470 +++ NT FDC
Z5N 107, 130 +++ NT NMP
Four-Primer Assays
Mnet 249, 450 +++ NT NMP
K5C 249, 520 +++ NT NMP
K5S 249, 400 +++ NT NMP

Amplicon sizes are approximate. Assays were performed in the HRMA reaction conditions and examined by gel electrophoresis and scored as follows: +++; both amplicons produced in equivalent amounts, +; both amplicons produced but one is favoured, −; one or both of the amplicons is not produced. Assays that did not score +++ were optimized with altered primer ratios and again assessed by electrophoresis. NT: not tested, NMP: Normalized melting peak, FDC: Fluorescence difference curve.