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Table 2 Molecular markers utilized for phylogenetic reconstruction.

From: Cleaning up the 'Bigmessidae': Molecular phylogeny of scleractinian corals from Faviidae, Merulinidae, Pectiniidae and Trachyphylliidae

Marker

Primer pairs

Total characters (informative)

Model

Source

28S rDNA

C1': 5'-ACC CGC TGA ATT TAA GCA T-3'

D2MAD: 5'-GAC GAT CGA TTT GCA CGT CA-3'

861 (135)

HKY+Γ

[25]

histone H3

H3F: 5'-ATG GCT CGT ACC AAG CAG ACV GC-3'

H3R: 5'-ATA TCC TTR GGC ATR ATR GTG AC-3'

374 (73)

HKY+Γ

[26]

ITS rDNA

A18S: 5'-GATCGAACGGTTTAGTGAGG-3'

ITS-4: 5'-TCCTCCGCTTATTGATATGC-3'

1137 (425)

SYM+Γ

[27]

mt COI

MCOIF: 5'-TCTACAAATCATAAAGACATAGG-3'

MCOIR: 5'-GAGAAATTATACCAAAACCAGG-3'

719 (71)

HKY+I

[8]

mt IGR

MNC1f: 5'-GAGCTGGGCTTCTTTAGAGTG-3'

MNC1r: 5'-GTGAGACTCGAACTCACTTTTC-3'

1509 (763)

SYM+I

[23]