Table S1. Primers and PCR parameters of the genes included in the study.

Gene/ primers Primers F/R: 5´- 3´ Ta [MgCL] mM Chr Nuc cyt b L14729 GACATGAAAAATCATCGTTGTTATT 60 2.0 mtDNA 1143 H15985 TAGAATGTCAGCTTTGGGTGCT

LCLE1 ATCATCAACCACKCATTTATT 46.1 1.2

MCLE3 ATTATGCCTGCTATTGGTATG

LCAT CACCATCTTCCTGGATCTCAA 58 2 8 563

AAGAAATACAGCACATGTAGGCA

G6pd CAGATCTGTGAACGTGTTTGG 58 2.5 X 577

GGTACAACTCTTCCCTCAGG

BRCA1 AAGACAGAATGTAGAAAAGGCTG 50.7 2.5 11 576

ACCGACAGGCTCAAGTGCGA

GHR GGCGTTCATGACAACTACAAACCTGA 62 1.5 15 617

ATAGCCACACGAGGAGAGGAACT vWF CTTCCTGCTGGACGGCTCCT 62 2 6 846

TTAGGGGCCTGCTTCCGGTC

ADRAB2 GCAGCCGCGGACATCCTAGT 61 1.5 2 808

CGCCAATGACCACTGCCAGC cyt b - cytochrome b, LCAT - lecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase, G6pd - Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, BRCA1

- Breast cancer 1 gene, GHR - growth hormone receptor, vWF - von Willebrand factor, ADRAB2 - alpha 2B adrenergic receptor, Ta – annealing temperature, [MgCL] - MgCl concentration, Chr - chromosome assignments for Microtus species, Nuc - length of sequence.