The Evolution of Trichromatic Color Vision by Opsin Gene Duplication in New World and Old World Primates

Table 2.

Sequence and Position of PCR Primers

Primer Position Sequence (5′ to 3′)
UNI-33 TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTGTTTGTTGTGGGGGGGTT
UNI-17 TTTTTGTTTGTTGTGGG
Op1 +94 TGCTGGACTGGGTGCTGTCCTCATAGC
Op2 +78 TCATAGCTGTCCTGCGGATGGCG
Op1+ +254 CCAGTAGCTGGGATTACAGG
Op2+ −151 TGGGAGGAGGAGGTCTAAGTCC
Up(A) −130 GCTCCCAAATCCTACACCATC
Up(B) −233 AGAGGGATTTGCTGGAAAC
Up(C) −2350 AGACAGTAGACAGGTGGGTGCC
MW −114 AAATCCTACACCATCTGATCTC
MW+ −865 AGGTGATCCGGGAATAGTAAG
NWMLCR −360 CTGTCCAGTGCCCGCCTTTGG
MarUp(A+) −627 GAAGGAGCTGCAGCTCATGG
MarLCR(C+) −2896 CCTCAGAATTGCTTATCTCCCTC
MarLCR(D) −1015 TGCCTCCTTTTGGGTTTGTTCC
MarLCR(D+) −2221 TTTGTTTATTCAATCATCCG
MarLCR(E) −1257 GTGCTAGGTGCCAAGCTAGG
MarLCR(E+) −1900 CGATGGACACAGTTTGCTTCC
LCR(C+) −3484 GACTTGATCTTCTGTTAGCCCTAATC
AL −380 GGATGATGAATCTGCCCAGAG
AL+ −3225 CGAAGGTGCAGAACCTACCG
  • Except for Op1+, Op1 and Op2, which are based on the human MW and LW sequences, and AL, which is based on the howler monkey sequence, the nucleotide numbering system refers to the marmoset X-linked opsin gene, where +1 would be the first base of the coding sequence.

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