Table 1.

Oligonucleotide primer sequences.

Primer set	Forward primer	Reverse primer	(nps)	(nps)
mtDNA	5’GGTTCTTACTTCAGGGCCATCA3’	5’TGATTAGACCCGTTACCATCGA3’	15,785–15,806	15,868–15,847
β-actin	5’CCCAGCCATGTACGTAGCCA3’	5’CGTCTCCGGAGTCCATCAC3’	2181–2200	2266–2248
4.8 Del	5’AAGGACGAACCTGAGCCCTAATA3’	5’CGAAGTAGATGATGCGTATACTGTA3’	8109–8131	13,020–12,996
RT D-loop	5’CACCCCCTACACCTGAAACTT3’	5’TTTGTGTCGGGAAATTTTACCAAT3’	16,092–16,112	16,250–16,227
RT Ori-L	5’CAGCTAAATACCCTACTTACTGG3’	5’GCCCCCTTTTTACCAAAAAGCC3’	5120–5142	5270–5249
RT ND1	5’AACGCCCTAACATCAATTGTATTCC3’	5’TGGTCATATCGAAAACGGGGG3’	3442–3466	3590–3570
D-loop long	5’TCTGGTCTTGTAAACCAAAAATGA3’	5’TGGAATTTTCTGAGGGTAGGC3’	15,302–15,325	16,302–16,282
D-loop short	5’TCTGGTCTTGTAAACCAAAAATGA3’	5’TGATGGTGGGGAGGTAGTTC3’	15,302–15,325	15,378–15,359
Ori-L long	5’AACCAGACCCAAACACGAAA3’	5’CTATTCCTGCTCAGGCTCCA3’	4414–4433	5407–5388
Ori-L short	5’CGTAAACCGTTGACTCTTTTCA3’	5’CTATTCCTGCTCAGGCTCCA3’	5328–5349	5407–5388
ND1 long	5’AGGACCATTCGCCCTATTCT3’	5’CGCCAACAAAGACTGATGAA3’	3390–3409	4399–4380
ND1 short	5’AGGACCATTCGCCCTATTCT3’	5’TGATGTTAGGGCGTTTATTAGGA3’	3390–3409	3456–3434

Numbering is according to GenBank™ accession number AY172581 (Rattus norvegicus, complete mitochondrial genome), except for the β-actin primer set which is according to GenBank™ accession number V01217.1 (Rattus norvegicus, β-actin gene). nps: nucleotide positions.