Table 1 Primers used in this study and the size of amplified fragments of Samia cyntia walkeri orthologues of Bombyx mori genes, and corresponding orthologous genes and/or ESTs of S. cynthia

From: Step-by-step evolution of neo-sex chromosomes in geographical populations of wild silkmoths, Samia cynthia ssp.

PCR amplification of S. c. walkeri orthologues

S. cynthia orthologues and ESTs

Bombyx mori genes

Forward primer sequence

Reverse primer sequence

Product size (bp)

Accession no.

EST (SilkBase code) a

Accession no.

Putative function

Chr. no.

Location in KAIKObase b

GGNCCNGGNGAYGARGGNGARTAYAC

GGNGGRTANACNCGRTCYTCYTCNCC

1820

AB543309c

Not found

AB079865

Kettin

1 (Z)

6 505 696– 6 533 895

TAAAACAGTTAAACAAAAGCAGGTCAT

CTCATCTCCYTGTGCACCCCCTTGGTT

1663

AB543308

S06A01NCLL0010_M07

AB098537

BYB

1 (Z)

10 855 943– 10 857 680

GTTTGGGGAGCACATGGAGAAT

CATTTCCGTCTGCGTTCGCTTGG

ca. 2500

DQ465407

S06A01NCLL0005_L15

AB274990

3-Hydroxy-3- methylglutaryl- CoA reductase

2

916 956– 919 459

ACCGAATTAGAAGTGGTGATG

GCTTTCTTCACTCATACGTGA

ca. 2300

AF015065

Not found

AF372836

DDC

4

12 504 927– 12 521 471

GGTATCGACAAACGTACCATCG

ATGGATTTAGGGTTGTCCTCTG

1085

AF015084

I09A02NGRL0007_G07

D13338

EF-1α

5

17 106 041– 17 107 432

GTTCGCTAAGTTGTTCCTAGTG

GTGCTGGGTTCCCACGAGGACTT

921

AB059394

I09A02NGRL0003_D23

D76418

Attacin

6

18 601 317– 18 602 129

CATATTCCGCACGATGCGGG

GTTACCTAAGCCCATGTTCAT

ca. 2000

AB201280

Not found

AB104488

Chitinase

7

14 117 862– 14 119 517

GTCCAGGAGATCAACAAGACCAAG

CAGCTTCAGGAGGTTCAGCTTGTT

ca. 1800

AB543313, AB543314

S13A01NGRL0010_F15

AY769271

RpL4

11

2 852 029– 2 862 665

GGNGCNAARCTNTGYAAYATHTTYTC

TGRAARTAYTCYTTNGCYTCYTTNGA

1391

AB543310c

Not found

AF013277

Topo II

11

8 589 427– 8 602 332

CATAAACACGACAGGAAAGTTCGGC

CTTGGTGCGCACGTATGGTTTAGT

ca. 2000

AB543311, AB543312

S06A01NCLL0020_P12

AY769287

RpL18

11

9 399 580– 9 401 164

GCTTTGCATTGCGATGCGAAACGT

ACAGTCGCTAATATCTGGCAGTCC

ca. 3000

AB048258

I10A02NGRL0003_P23

L37416

Lysozyme

12

3 312 565– 3 309 259

GCNCAYGGNTCNCARTGYGGNTTYTGYAC

TARAARTGYTCYTGNCCNCCCATNCGRCA

1985

AB543315c

Not found

D38159

XDH I

12

8 502 165– 8 493 509

GTTGCCGCGTTGGTAGTAGACAA

CCAGACTCGTCGTACTCCTGTTT

1169

AB543316

I10A02NGRL0006_L21

U49644

Cytoplasmic actin A4

17

2 936 956– 2 938 173

ATTCAGCGTACAATTCTTATGATGGG

CCAATGATCAAATACGCATTGTGGGAA

1113

AB543317

S06A01NCLL0007_L10

DQ443396

eEF-2

19

12 802 871– 12 811 573

AAAATGGGCATGCTACCGCGTGG

GCTCATCAACATGACGTCTTTGTA

ca. 2300

AB288051

S13A02NGRL0010_N13

X12978

SP1

23

16 906 448– 16 911 216

GGGTAAACAATGGCGTCTAAG

GCTCTGCAGCCGTAGTATCCC

ca. 3000

AB220992

I09A02NGRL0003_K24

AY515321

Hemolin

24

13 879 059– 13 884 127

  1. Abbreviations: BYB, Y-box protein; DDC, DOPA decarboxylase; DOP-PCR, degenerate oligonucleotide-primed PCR; EF-1α, elongation factor 1α; eEF-2, translation elongation factor 2; EST, expressed sequence tag; RpL4, ribosomal protein L4; RpL18, ribosomal protein L18; SP1, sex-specific storage-protein 1; Topo II, topoisomerase II; XDH I, xanthine dehydrogenase I.
  2. aESTs showing the highest score were taken from http://silkbase.ab.a.u-tokyo.ac.jp/cgi-bin/index.cgi.
  3. bInferred from http://sgp.dna.affrc.go.jp/KAIKObase/.
  4. cAn orthlogous sequence was obtained using DOP-PCR.