Table 5.

Oligonucleotides used for mtDNA quantification

No	Sequence motif	Primer sequence (5′→3′)
1a	Mitochondria‐encoded CytB for	TATCCGCCATCCCATACATT
1b	Mitochondria‐encoded CytB rev	GTGTGAGGGTGGGACTGTCT
2a	Mitochondria‐encoded CoxI for	CCTGACTGGCATTGTATTAGCA
2b	Mitochondria‐encoded coxi rev	AGTGGAAGTGGGCTACAACG
3a	Mitochondria‐encoded ATP6 for	GCCCTAGCCCACTTCTTACC
3b	Mitochondria‐encoded ATP6 rev	CAGGGCTATTGGTTGAATGAG
4a	Nuclear‐encoded ATP5B for	AAGCTGTGGCAAAAGCTGAT
4b	Nuclear‐encoded ATP5B rev	TAGGGGCAAGGAGAGAGACA
5a	Nuclear gene desert region chr10 for	GGCTAATCCTCTATGGGAGTCTGTC
5b	Nuclear gene desert region chr10 rev	CCAGGTGCTCAAGGTCAACATC