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 DR1	5′GACTAATCAAACTTATCATCAAACAA3′	5′ GCTGAGTGGTAGGGGTAAATGT3′	8061–8086	8210–8189
D-loop long	5′TCTGGTCTTGTAAACCAAAAATGA3′	5′TGGAATTTTCTGAGGGTAGGC3′	15,302–15,325	16,302–16,282
Ori-L long	5′AACCAGACCCAAACACGAAA3′	5′CTATTCCTGCTCAGGCTCCA3′	4414–4433	5407–5388
DR1 long	5′CCGCCTAAACCAAGCTACAG3′	5′AAGGCTACGGCAAATTCAAG’	7536–7555	8541–8522

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.