*Letters F and R after the primer name indicate forward and reverse orientation, respectively. †Theoretical melting temperature (Tm) calculated using the MWG Oligo Property Scan (MOPS).
Analyses of degraded DNA are typically hampered by contamination, especially when employing universal primers such as commonly used in environmental DNA studies. In addition to false-positive results,
Table S3. Primer list. The sequence surrounding NNN-islands in the CRBO_1381 assembly scaffold was entered into Primer3 with default settings (GC clamp = 1) to find suitable primersets for PCR product
*The restriction endonuclease (R.E.) site included in each primer is underlined and the corresponding R.E. indicated in the adjacent column. #The amplicons generated with a given set of PCR primers ar