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Table 1 Primers used in this study to identify biting midges and the sources of their vertebrate bloodmeals

From: Genetic characterization and molecular identification of the bloodmeal sources of the potential bluetongue vector Culicoides obsoletus in the Canary Islands, Spain

Primer

Sequence (5' - > 3')

Biting midge identification a

 

  LCO1490

GGTCAACAAATCATAAAGATATTGG

  HCO2198

TAAACTTCAGGGTGACCAAAAAATCA

Vertebrate identification b

 

  BCFW-M13

TGTAAAACGACGGCCAGTHAAYCAYAARGAYATYGG

  BCRV1

GCYCANACYATNCCYATRTA

  M13

GTAAAACGACGGCCAGTG

  BCRV2

ACYATNCCYATRTANCCRAANGG

  1. aPrimers previously published by [25].
  2. bPrimers previously published by [26].