Table 2.

qPCR primers

Gene	Forward Nucleotide Sequence	Reverse Nucleotide Sequence
Myh7	5′-ATCAAATCATCCAAGCCAACCC	5′-GAGGAGTTGTCATTCCGAACTG
Myh4	5′-TTGTGGTGGATGCTAAGGAGTC	5′-GTACTTGGGAGGGTTCATGGAG
CS	5′-CACTGTTGAGATGGACACACTG	5′-TCCTGAAGTCTGCATCATGACT
SOD-1	5′-GAACCAGTTGTGTTGTCAGGAC	5′-GCCTTGTGTATTGTCCCCATAC
SOD-2	5′-GGTCACAGTTTCACAGTACACC	5′-TCACAGCCTTGAGTTACAGAGT
TFAM	5′-GAGAGCTACACTGGGAAACCACA	5′-CATCAAGGACATCTGAGGAAAA
PGC-1a	5′-CTTTCTGGGTGGATTGAAGTGG	5′-CTCAAATATGTTCGCAGGCTCA
Rn18S	5′-cacggacaggattgacagattg	5′-gacaaatcgctccaccaactaa
β-actin	5′-ccctgaagtaccccattgaaca	5′-cacacgcagctcattgtagaag

Nucleotide sequences of all examined genes. Myh, myosin heavy chain; CS, citrate cynthase; SOD, superoxide dismutase.