Table 2 Primers used in this study

A. Primers used in 5′ and 3′ RACE amplification

 COI

C1-839^a

ATCATAGCATAGACCATACC

C1-1144

CATAGTGGAAGTGAGCTACTAC

 CytB–ND6

CB-4128^a

GCTCCCCAAAAGGACATTTGTC

 ND3–ND4–mtMutS

N3-5602

CACATTCATAGACCGACACTT

N4L-6071

GCCATTATGGTTAACTATTAC

M-6402

ACGAAGCAACTTGTTCAATGG

M-6363

ATTGAACAAGTTGCYTCGTTACTTG

M-6719

CCGGGTTACTTTGTCCCTGTCCG

M-8714

GCCCTCTCAATATGGCATTG

M-6655

CAGCCATGAATGGGCATAG

M-8067

GCATTAAGCGGGGCTATTGCGG

 COII

C2-18519

CCATAACAGGACTAGCAGCATC

B. Primers used in cRT-PCR

 COI

C1-1324

TACTCGGATTTCCCTGATGC

C1-251

AACCAATTTCCGAATCCTCCG

 CytB–ND6

N6-4962

TTTGGTTAGTTATTGCCTTT

CB-4128^a

GCTCCCCAAAAGGACATTTGTC

 ND3–ND4–mtMutS

M-8624

TGATTCGCCAGTTCGGTGCT

M-6780^a

TTAAACCTACCCCCGAGTCC

 ND2–ND5

N5-14119

GCTCAGTTTGGAAGTTTGGC

N2-11753^a

ACATCGGGAGCCCACATA

 ND4

N4-15714

TTTTGGGCAACTTTCTCC

N4-14532

CAGAGACCACTCTAACGCTTGTTG

 COII–ATP8–ATP6

C2-18161

GGTTGAAGGTCACTCGTAGGTATC

A6-17048

GGGTTCGCAATGATTAGTAATGGAATGT

C. Gene-specific primers used for RT for cRT-PCR analysis

 ATP6

A6-17092

TTAGCAGCCAATCGAACACC

 ND4

N4-15295

GCGTCTACCTGTCTGCAAGT

 mtMutS

M-8826

CATTTCGGGATGGTAGCTCC