Table 1

 Details of the single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs)

SNP (location)NCBI SNP Cluster ID*Allele 1/ allele 2PrimersT (°C)
*From the clone gi:22044576 (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/). Markers are ordered from pter to qter along chromosome 3.
Details of the SNPs may be found in the dbSNP database under their respective Ids.
F, Forward primer sequence (5′–3′); R, Reverse primer sequence (5′–3′); SS, SNaPshot primer with the length of tail described in subscript; T, annealing temperature (°C) for the polymerase chain reaction.
SNP 1 (intron 1)rs989692C/TF: TCCCCCTTACTCCCCTCTTA61.8
R: GCAAAACGAATGAACACATGA
SS1 F: T37AATAGATACTGGTATCAGTAG
SNP 2 (intron 4)rs2196521C/TF: AAAGCCTACCATCAGGGACA58
R: CATGGACCACGCATTGAATA
SS2 R: T19CTCACCTCTGATTAATCCCTT
SNP 3 (intron 4)rs1025192C/TF: CACTCCATTTTCCAATGTGCT58
R: TCCACTGTCGGACTTATCACC
SS3 F: C26TCCACTATAAAAAATTCATC
SNP 4 (intron 9)rs1816558C/TF: GTAGAGACGGGGTTTCACCA58
R: AACCAACACCTTTCCCCAAT
SS4 R: C43AAAACTAATAATCTTACAC
SNP 5 (intron 11)rs3773885C/TF: CTTTACACACATTTCCATTTTTGC58
R: CCTAGCATAATTAAGCCAACCATT
SS5 R: T59AAGCTTAAAGGCTTTGTTTTC
SNP 6 (intron 18)rs3773882C/TF: GCTCCAAGGGGTTTAGAAAGTT61.8
R: GCCTTCCCAAGAAGAAGAAAAT
SS6 R: C30ATCAAAAAAGAAAAAATTTC
SNP 7 (intron 19)rs3736187G/AF: TCTGTGATGAGGAGGGATGAC58
R: GATACACCATGCACTGGGATT
SS7 R: C54TTTTACTTAAATAAATATATTA