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Table 1 Vertebrate primer pairs tested.

From: An In silico approach for the evaluation of DNA barcodes

Barcode name

Primer Name

Sequence

Fragment size *

Developed for

Reference

COI

     

COI-1

FF2d

TTCTCCACCAACCACAARGAYATYGG

655

Fish

[18]

 

FR1d

CACCTCAGGGTGTCCGAARAAYCARAA

   

COI-2H

LCO1490

GGTCAACAAATCATAAAGATATTGG

658

mainly Arthropods

[1]

 

HCO2198

TAAACTTCAGGGTGACCAAAAAATCA

   

COI-2

C_VF1LFt1

WYTCAACCAAYCANAANGANATNGG

658

Fish

[18]; modified from [1]

 

C_VR1LRt1

TARACTTCTGGRTGNCCNAANAANCA

   

COI-3

C_FishF1t1

TCRACYAAYCAYAAAGAYATYGGCAC

652

Fish

[18]

 

C_FishR1t1

ACYTCAGGGTGWCCGAARAAYCARAA

   

Uni-Minibar

UniMinibarR1

GAAAATCATAATGAAGGCATGAGC

130

Eukaryota

[20]

 

UniMinibarF1

TCCACTAATCACAARGATATTGGTAC

   

Cyt- b

     

MCB

mcb398

TACCATGAGGACAAATATCATTCTG

472

All Vertebrates

[30]

 

mcb869

CCTCCTAGTTTGTTAGGGATTGATCG

   

cytM

L14841

CCATCCAACATCTCAGCATGATGAAA

359

All Vertebrates

[31]; modif. from [26]

 

H15149

CCCCTCAGAATGATATTTGTCCTCA

   

16S

     

16Sr

16Sar

CGCCTGTTTATCAAAAACAT

573

Mammals

[27, 28]

 

16Sbr

CCGGTCTGAACTCAGATCACGT

   

16Sr2

16Sa2

CGCCTGTTTACCAAAAACAT

573

All Vertebrates

this study, modif. from [28]

 

16Sb

CCGGTCTGAACTCAGATCACGT

   

16Smam

16Smam1

CGGTTGGGGTGACCTCGGA

140

Mammals, ancient DNA

[21]

 

16Smam2

GCTGTTATCCCTAGGGTAACT

   
  1. * as reported on the original paper.