Table I.

Primers and conditions used for PCR.

Gene	Accession no.	Primers	Annealing temp.°C	Cycles	Amplicon size (bp)
Bmp2, exon 3	NM_007553	F: 5′-AGT TCT GTC CCC AGT GAC GAG TTT R: 5′-GTA CAA CAT GGA GAT TGC GCT GAG	63	35	708
Bmp4, exon 3	NM_007554	F: 5′-GAG AAC ATC CCA GGG ACC AGT R: 5′-TGT GAT GAG GTG TCC AGG AA	63	35	212
Bmp2	NM_007553	F: 5′-GAC GGA CTG CGG TCT CCT AAA G R: 5′-TCT GCA GAT GTG AGA AAC TCG TCA	64	40	496
Bmp4	NM_007554	F: 5′-GCG CCG TCA TTC CGG ATT AC R: 5′-CAT TGT GAT GGA CTA GTC TG	63	32	402
L10A	U12403	F: 5′-CGC CGC AAG TTT CTG GAG AC R: 5′-CTT GCC AGC CTT GTT TAG GC	61	29	327