Table 1. List of Primers and their sequences used in experiment.

Gene name	Sequence(5’-------3’)	function
Px-cec-R	CTAATACGACTCACTATAGGGCAAGCAGTGGTATCAACGCAGAGT	UPM
Px-cec-F	CTAATACGAC TCACTATAGGGC	UPM
Px-cec2-F1	CAGGTGGAATCCGTTCAA	Px-cec2 3 ′ RACE PCR
Px-cec2-R2	TGGAGTTGGCTTGTCCTATC	Px-cec2 5 ′RACE PCR
Px-cec3-F1	GCTCCCAGGTGGAAAGGC	Px-cec3 3 ′ RACE PCR
Px-cec3-R2	CTCCATCCCGGATGTGTCGTCC	Px-cec3 5 ′RACE PCR
Actin-qF	TGGCACCACACCTTCTAC	qRT-PCR
Actin-qR	CATGATCTGGGTCATCTTCT	qRT-PCR
Px-cec1-qF	GCCAAGGTGGAAGCCGTTTA	qRT-PCR
Px-cec1- qR	TATAGAAGTGGCTTGTCCGATGA	qRT-PCR
Px-cec2-qF	TTCGTGTTGGTGGCGGTATTC	qRT-PCR
Px-cec2-qR	GCAGGTCTAGCGATGGAGTTG	qRT-PCR
Px-cec3-qF	TACTTCTTCTTCACGGTTGTCG	qRT-PCR
Px-cec3-qR	CCCAATATGCTGGATGCTTGTC	qRT-PCR
GFP-F	GGATCCTAATACGACTCACTATAGGAAGGGCGAGGAGCTGTTCACCG	dsGFP
GFP-R	GGATCCTAATACGACTCACTATAGGCAGCAGGACCATGTGATCGCGC	dsGFP
Spa-RNAiF	GGATCCTAATACGACTCACTATAGGACGCTGCCTCCAACGCTTCT	RNAi
Spa-RNAiR	GGATCCTAATACGACTCACTATAGGTCCTCGCATACCAGTCCCT	RNAi
Dor-RNAiF	GGATCCTAATACGACTCACTATAGGCTGAAGCGAAAGCGACAGAAACC	RNAi
Dor-RNAiR	GGATCCTAATACGACTCACTATAGGCTGCTGCGCCATAGGAGCCATA	RNAi
Px-cec1-ExpF	GCGAGATCTAAGCCGTTTAAAAAATTGGA	Recombinant expression
Px-cec1-ExpR	GCCTCGAGTTTGCCAGTAGGTCTGGCTATAG	Recombinant expression
Px-cec2-ExpF	GCGAGATCTAAATTGGAGCGAGTGGGACAGC	Recombinant expression
Px-cec2-ExpR	GCCTCGAGCGGCAGGTCTAGCGATGGAGTT	Recombinant expression
Px-cec3-ExpF	GCGAGATCTTACTTCTTCTTCACGGTTGTCG	Recombinant expression
Px-cec3-ExpR	GCCTCGAGTCCCATTATGCTGGATGCTTGT	Recombinant expression

Spa, Spätzle; Dor: Dorsal; AGATCT, restriction enzyme Bgl II; CTCGAG, restriction enzyme Xho I