Research Article

Preamplification Procedure for the Analysis of Ancient DNA Samples

Table 1

List of primers and probes. For each target name, sequence, concentration used, amplicon size, and reference are shown.

TargetPrimer and probe names5′ SequenceConcentration (nM)Amplicon size (bp)Ref.

Soy lectinGM1-F
GM1-R
Probe GM1
CCAGCTTCGCCGCTTCCTTC
GAAGGCAAGCCCATCTGCAAGCC
FAM-CTTCACCTTCTATGCCCCTGACAC-TAMRA
600
600
120
74[20, 32]

Human
mtDNA
mt coding-F
mt coding-R
Probe coding
CCAACACCTCTTTACAGTGAAATGC
GTGATGAGGAATAGTGTAAGGAGTATGG
FAM-CAACTAAATACTACCGTATGGC-MGB
300
300
200
92[22] This work

Human
mtDNA
standard
mt cod 8200F
mt cod 8559R
GTTTCATGCCCATCGTCCTA
GCAATGAATGAAGCGAACAG
100
100
360This work

Human
AMG X/Y
AMG-F
AMG-R
Probe AMG-X
Probe AMG-Y
CCCTGGGCTCTGTAAAGAATAGTG
ATCAGAGCTTAAACTGGGAAGCTG
FAM-TATCCCAGATGTTTCTC-MGB
VIC-CATCCCAAATAAAGTG-MGB
100
100
150
150
106/112[2]