Table 2.
Candidate reference genes and the qPCR primer sequences in K. virginica.
| Gene name | Function | Primer | Sequence | Length (bp) |
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| ACTIN | Structural constituent of cytoskeleton | actqPCR-F | TTATGTTGCCCTGGACT | 160 |
| actqPCR-R | CCGCTTCCATCCCTA | |||
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| EF1α | Elongation factor 1 alpha | EFqPCR-F | TCAATGAGCCAAAGAGG | 120 |
| EFqPCR-R | CAACACGACCAACAGGA | |||
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| TUA | Cytoskeleton structural protein | TUAqPCR-F | TATCTCATCTCTCACAGCCTG | 119 |
| TUAqPCR-R | GGGCATACGAGGAAAGCAT | |||
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| 18SrRNA | 18S ribosomal RNA | 18SqPCR-F | CCGTTCTTAGTTGGTGGA | 170 |
| 18SqPCR-R | AACATCTAAGGGCATCACAG | |||