GENE PRIMER SEQUENCE AMPLICON SIZE
Hprt F CTT TGC TGA CCT GCT GGA TTA C 246 bp
  R TTG GGG CTG TAC TGC TTA ACC  
Rhodopsin F CTT CCT GAT CTG CTG GCT TC 285 bp
  R ACA GTG TCT GGC CAG GCT TA  
Gnat 1 F TGA CGT GCA TCA TTT TCA TC 350 bp
  R TTA AGC TCC AGG AAC TGC AC  
Pde6B F AGA TCC TGC CCA TGT TTG AC 350 bp
  R GGC AGA GTC CAT ACC CAG TG  
Cone opsin F TGA GAT TTG ATG CTA AGC TGG 350 bp
  R TGC CGG TTC ATA AAG ACA TAG  
Gnat 2 F TCA AGA CAA CAG GCA TCA TC 350 bp
  R AAG AGA ACG ATG GAC GTA GC  
Gfap F TTT CTC CAA CCT CCA GAT CC 350 bp
  R AGC TTT AGG CCC TCA CAC TG  
Crx F GGA TGT GTA TGC ACG TGA GG 350 bp
  R CCA CTG CTG TGG TAG GTG AA  
Elovl2 F ACT ACG GCC TGT CTG TGT TC 313 bp
  R TTA TTG AGC CTT CTT GTC CG  
Elovl4 F ACA TAC AAT GAG CCG AAG CAG TC 401 bp
  R CGG ATG TGA ACA GGA GGA GAG G  
Δ 5 Desaturase F AAG GGC CTT GTA GAA AAG TAT ATG 368 bp
  R ACA AAA TGA TGT ACC AGG TGA TT  
Δ 6 Desaturase F CTA TAT CCC TTT CTA TGG CAT CTT 373 bp
  R AGA CTT CTT CAG TGA ACT CAC AAT  
Table 2: Primer sequences and the amplicon size of the respective genes.