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Table 1 Order-specific group primers and species-specific primers used in blood-meal identification

From: The resting sites and blood-meal sources of Anopheles minimus in Taiwan

Test animal

Primer sequence1 (F: forward 5'-3' and R: reverse 5'-3')

Annealing temp (°C)

Size of amplified products (bp)

Avian

F: GACTGTGACAAAATCCCNTTCCA

R: GGTCTTCATCTYHGGYTTACAAGAC

64

508

Mammalian

F: CGAAGCTTGATATGAAAAACCATCGTTG

R: TGTAGTTRTCWGGGTCHCCTA

59

772

Chicken

F: GGGACACCCTCCCCCTTAATGACA

R: GGAGGGCTGGAAGAAGGAGTG

69

266

Bovine

F: GCCATATACTCTCCTTGGTGACA

R: GTAGGCTTGGGAATAGTACGA

61

271

Pig

F: GCCTAAATCTCCCCTCAATGGTA

R: ATGAAAGAGGCAAATAGATTTTCG

64

212

Goat

F: TTAAAGACTGAGAGCATGATA

R: ATGAAAGAGGCAAATAGATTTTCG

54

225

Cat

F: TTCTCAGGATATACCCTTGACA

R: GAAAGAGCCCATTGAGGAAATC

60

180

Dog

F: GAACTAGGTCAGCCCGGTACTT

R: CGGAGCACCAATTATTAACGGC

67

153

Horse

F: CCCTAAGCCTCCTAATCCGT

R: AGGAATGATGGGGGAAGTAA

56

235

Human

F: TTCGGCGCATGAGCTGGAGTCC R: TATGCGGGGAAACGCCATATCG

70

228

Monkey

F: CCTCTTTCCTGCTGCTAATG

R: TTTGATACTGGGATATGGCG

62

222

Rat

F: CGGCCACCCAGAAGTGTACATC R: GGCTCGGGTGTCTACATCTAGG

67

196

  1. 1The primer sequences were cited from papers of Ngo and Kramer [22], Lahiff et al [23] and Parodi et al [24].