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Table 2 Primers and Taqman probes used in this study

From: Phenotypic plasticity in opsin expression in a butterfly compound eye complements sex role reversal

Gene

Primers

Taqman probe

GenBank accession ID

UV opsin

Forward primer: 5′-GCAAGCGAAGAAAATGAACGTAGAA-3′

5′-CTGCCGCGTTTTGAT-3′

AF484248.1

Reverse Primer: 5′-CTATCCTGATTTCCGCTGACTCT-3′

blue opsin

Forward primer: 5′-CGCGAGTGCAAGCATCTC-3′

5′-TTGCCGTTCACCTTCC-3′

AY918894.1

Reverse primer: 5′-CACGAATTTTCCCCAGATCCTGAA-3′

LW opsin

Forward primer: 5′-CGCCTGTGGAACCGATTACTT-3′

5′-TTGCCACGACTTGTCG-3′

AY918895.2

 

Reverse primer: 5′-AGCAGAAGATCGAGTAGAACAGGAT-3′

  
  1. These sequences were used to quantitatively amplify B. anynana UV, blue, and LW opsin cDNAs. Primers and probes for eukaryotic 18S rRNA are proprietary (Applied Biosystems).