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Table 3 The different protocols and the species and loci (primer pairs) to which they were applied.

From: An efficient method to find potentially universal population genetic markers, applied to metazoans

Protocol name

DNA extraction

PCR program

Primer pairs tested

Species

Standard

Phenol-chloroform (except P. lividus stage III (i21-i58) where we used Promega extracts)

TD6

All

Pl, As, Ec, Ce, Sc, Pj (4 ind. per species)

S-F

Idem

Std-Fix

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 13, 14, 15, 17

Pl, As, Ec, Ce, Sc, Pj (4 ind. per species)

S-F-60

Idem

Fix50-60

5b, 21a-d, 25a-d, 35ab, 19ab, 22, 24ab, 29, 30, 34ab, 49a-d, ATPSαJ, ATPSαi2

Pl, As, Ec, Ce, Sc, Pj (4 ind. per species)

S-CR

According to taxon and individuals

TD6'

All

Aca(4), Aa(3), Ac(3), An(1), Sn(3), Sa(1), Mb(4), Ce(4)

EE4

1 Qiagen + 1 Promega + 1 Chelex + 1 CTAB-phenol

EE-GP

All

Ec(4)

EE16

8 Chelex + 8 Qiagen

EE-GP

1b, 5b, 22, 25, 29, 37, 43, 53b, 54c, 55, ATP-Sa, EF4c

Ec(16)

GP

8 Promega

EE-GP

All introns, but only with the primer pair "a" (Fig. 1)

Pl(8)

DA

3 Qiagen + 1 Phenol-chloroform

DA

All primer pairs tested for 29 loci in Cr, 22 in Pc (intron numbers in Table 1)

Cr(3-4), Pc(3-6)

  1. The letters a, b, c, and d after the intron number refer to primers F and R, F2 and R, R2 and F, F2 and R2 respectively. DA, EE, GP and CR refer to initials of the authors who used them. ind.: individuals.