Table 1. Gene expression primer and probe sets used for RT-qPCR.

Gene name	Assay ID	Exons spanned	Amplimer size (bp)
Cntf	Mm00446373_m1	1, 2	82
Gdnf	Mm00599849_m1	1, 2	101
Bdnf	Mm04230607_s1	2	92
Fgf2	Mm00433287_m1	1, 2	61
Rho	Mm00520345_m1	1, 2	86
Actb	Mm00607939_s1	6	115
Nrl	Mm00476550_m1	3-4	61
Mef2c	Mm01340839_m1	5-6	137
Crx	Mm00483995_m1	2-3	63
Nr2e3	Mm00443302_g1	4-5	124
Pde6b	Mm00476679_m1	12-13	74