PCR Conditions for Amplifying 68 Equine Type I Loci with Universal Primers
| Hsa | UCD | Symbol | Locus name | Anl T. °C | MgCl (mm) | R.E. | Size (bp) | Accession no.[ii] |
| 1p36.2 | 2 | NPPA | natriuretic peptide precursor A | 50 | 2 | HinfI | 305 | AF134229 |
| 1p13.1 | 5 | NGFB | nerve growth factor, β | 53 | 2.5 | RsaI | 158 | AF134228 |
| 1q21 | 5 | GBA | glucosidase, β acid | 53 | 2 | RsaI | 345 | AF134220 |
| 1q23–q25.1 | 5 | AT3 | antithrombin III | 55 | 2 | — | 187 | AF134055 |
| 1q31 | 5 | LAMC1 | laminin, C-1 | 50 | 2 | — | ∼1400 | AF134225, 6 |
| 2p21 | 15 | SPTBN1[iii] | spectrin, β, nonerythrocytic 1 | 50 | 2 | — | 975 | AF130782 |
| 2q12–q14 | 15 | PAX8 | paired box homeotic gene 8 | 55 | 2 | HaeIII | 147 | AF130778 |
| 2q14 | 15 | IL1b[iv] [v] | interleukin-1 β | 55 | 1 | HindIII | ∼906 | AF130767, 8 |
| 2q24–q32 | 18 | CHRNA | cholinergic receptor, nicotinic, α | 58 | 1 | — | 405 | AF130750 |
| 2q31–q32 | 18 | NEB | nebulin | 56 | 1 | PvuII | ∼2000 | AF130774, 5 |
| 2q33–q34 | D | CHRNG | cholinergic receptor, nicotinic, γ | 60 | 1 | — | 264 | AF130751 |
| 2q34 | D | FN1 | fibronectin 1 | 55 | 2 | — | 1009 | AF130764 |
| 3p24.3–p24.2 | 16 | RARB | retonic acid receptor, β | 55 | 3 | CfoI | 208 | AF13424 |
| 3p21.33 | 16 | GLB1 [iii] | galactosidase, β-1 | 50 | 2 | RsaI | 429 | AF130765 |
| 3q21–q24 | 16 | CP | ceruloplasmin | 55 | 2.5 | — | ∼1500 | AF134057 |
| 3q21–q24 | 16 | RHO [iii] | rhodopsin | 55 | 2 | RsaI | 327 | AF130780 |
| 3q28 | 19 | SST[vi] | somatostatin | 50 | 1 | — | 931 | AF130783 |
| 4q22 | 3 | ADH2 | alcohol dehydrogenase 2 | 52 | 1 | — | 295 | AF133272 |
| 4q22 | 3 | ADH3 | alcohol dehydrogenase 3 | 52 | 2 | — | >2000 | AF134056 |
| 4q28 | 2 | FGG | fibrinogen, γ polypeptide | 53 | 2 | — | ∼1100 | AF134218, 9 |
| 5q32–q34 | 14 | ADRB2 | adrenergic receptor, β-2 | 55 | 2 | HinfI | 354 | AF130746 |
| 6p24–p23 | 20 | EDNI[iii] | endothelin-1 | 58 | 2 | — | 266 | AF130760 |
| 6q13 | 20 | COL9a1[iii] | collagen, type IX, α-1 | 50 | 2 | — | 292 | AF130755 |
| 6q21.1–q23 | 10 | CGA | chorionic gonadotropin, α chain | 45 | 4 | — | 242 | AF130749 |
| 6q21–q22.3 | 10 | COL10[iii] | collagen, type X, α 1 | 50 | 2 | PVuII | 365 | AF130754 |
| 6q25.3 | 14 | SOD2ps[viii] | superoxide dismutase 2 | 55 | 2 | — | 154 | AF130781 |
| 7p15–p14 | 4 | TCRG | t cell antigen receptor, γ subunit | 42 | 2.5 | HinfI | 252 | AF134235 |
| 7q11.2 | 13 | ELN[iii] | elastin | 58 | 1 | — | 263 | AF130761 |
| 7q21.11 | 13 | GUSB | glucuronidase β | 53 | 2 | Sau3AI | 382 | AF134223 |
| 7q36 | 4 | EN2 | Engrailed 2 | 53 | 2 | PvuII | 189 | AF134060 |
| 8q24.2–q24.3 | 9 | TG | thyroglobulin | 58 | 1 | — | 749 | AF130785 |
| 9p22 | 23 | IFNA1 | interferon, α-1 | 53 | 2 | PvuII | 373 | AF135017 |
| 9p21 | 23 | IFNB1 | interferon, β-1 | 55 | 2 | HaeIII | 450 | AF134227 |
| 9p13 | 23 | CNTFR | ciliary neurotrophic f. recept. | 57 | 2.5 | — | 456 | AF134058 |
| 9q31 | 25 | TXN | thioredoxin | 55 | 2 | HinfI | ∼780 | AF134237 |
| 9q34 | 25 | GRP78 | glucose-regulated protein | 55 | 2 | PvuII | ∼740 | AF134222 |
| 10p13 | 29 | VIM | vimentin | 57 | 2 | — | ∼1230 | AF135018 |
| 11p15.5 | 7 | HBB | hemoglobin, β | 50 | 2.5 | — | 171 | AF134224 |
| 11p15.3–p15.1 | 7 | PTH | parathyroid hormone | 55 | 2 | — | 311 | AF134233 |
| 11cen–q13 | 12 | ADRBK1 | adrenergic receptor β kinase I | 53 | 1 | — | 328 | AF134059 |
| 11q13 | 12 | CD20[iii] | CD20 antigen | 55 | 2 | — | 1007 | AF130748 |
| 11q23 | 7 | DRD2 | dopamine receptor D2 | 50 | 2.5 | — | ∼1300 | AF134061, 2 |
| 11q23.3 | 7 | THY1 | Thy-1 T-cell surface antigen | 50 | 2 | — | ∼800 | AF134236 |
| 12p12.1 | 9 | KRAS2ps[viii] | Kirsten murine sarc. 2 viral onc., ps. | 58 | 1 | — | 329 | AF130769 |
| 12q13.3 | D | PFKM | phosphofructokinase m | 60 | 2 | — | ∼1600 | AF134230, 1 |
| 12q14 | D | IFNG | Interferon γ | 45 | 2 | — | 325 | AF130766 |
| 12q24.2 | 6 | TCF1 | transcription factor 1 | 58 | 1 | — | 602 | AF130784 |
| 13q14.1q–14.2 | 17 | RB1[vii] | retinoblastoma | 55 | 2 | — | 705 | AF130779 |
| 14q11.2 | 1 | CHY[iii] | chymase- mast cell | 58 | 2 | — | 697 | AF130752 |
| 14q12 | 1 | MYH6[v] | myosin, heavy pol. 6 &/or 7, see text | 58 | 2 | RsaI | ∼650 | AF130771, 2 |
| 15q22–qter | 1 | CYP1A2 | cytochrome P450, subf. I, polyp. 2 | 50 | 2.5 | HinfI | 278 | AF134063 |
| 15q26.1 | 1 | FES[iii] | feline sarcoma virus homologue | 58 | 2 | — | 510 | AF130763 |
| 17q11.2 | 11 | EVI2A | ecotropic viral int. site 2A | 55 | 4 | — | 156 | AF130762 |
| 17q11.2 | 11 | NF1 | neurofibromatosis I | 58 | 2 | — | 380 | AF130776 |
| 17q25 | 11 | P4HB | prolyl-4 hydroxylase β | 62 | 2 | — | 460 | AF130777 |
| 17 | 11 | MYL4 | myosin light chain 4 | 58 | 2 | — | 682 | AF130773 |
| 18p11.32 | 6 | TS[iii] | thymidylate synthetase | 55 | 1 | — | 539 | AF130786 |
| 19q13 | 10 | CKM[iii] | creatine kinase, muscle | 58 | 1 | — | 819 | AF130753 |
| 20pter–p12 | 22 | PRNP | prion protein | 55 | 1.5 | — | 191 | AF134232 |
| 20q13.2 | 22 | GNAS1 | guanine nuc. binding protein | 50 | 1.5 | RsaI | 324 | AF134221 |
| 20q13.11 | 22 | ADA | adenosine deaminase | 50 | 1.5 | — | ∼1350 | AF135790 |
| 21q22.3 | 26 | ETS2 | avian erythroblastosis virus onc. 2 | 55 | 2 | HinfI | ∼1000 | AF134064 |
| 22q13.1 | C | CYP2D[v] | cytochrome P450, subfamily IID | 58 | 2 | — | 980 | AF130756- 9 |
| 22q13.31–qter | C | ARSA | arylsulfatase A | 58 | 2 | — | 247 | AF130747 |
| Xp11.21 | X | ALAS2 | Δ-aminolevulinate synthase | 53 | 2 | HaeIII | ∼800 | AF133200 |
| Xq27.1–q27.2 | X | F9 | coagulation factor IX | 55 | 2 | — | 453 | AF133201 |
| Xq28 | X | BGN | biglycan | 57 | 2 | HinfI | ∼710 | AF135019, 0 |
| Xq28 | X | G6PD | glucose-6-phosphate dehydro. | 55 | 2 | HinfI | ∼750 | AF133202 |
[i] All primers used in this study were published by Lyons and coworkers (1997), with the following exceptions:
[ii] Multiple accession numbers indicated sequences obtained from the 5′ and 3′ ends of partially sequenced PCR products, or multiple highly homologous sequences most likely amplified from different syntenic isoforms of paralogous genes (see text).
[iii] Primers published by Venta and associates (1996).
[iv] The primers used to amplify equine IL1B were originally designed to amplify IL1A (see text).
[v] These primers amplify multiple equine fragments of different but highly homologous sequences (see text).
[vi] Amplifies a fragment of unknown sequence in addition to the equine SST gene (see text).
[vii] The forward primer used to amplify equine RB1 (5′=TTTGATATCGAAGGGTCTGAC-3′) was designed in this study and the reverse primer was as in Venta et al. (1996).
[viii] These primers amplify equine sequences lacking expected introns and therefore are thought to be horse pseudogenes from the respective loci.