Table 1 Oligonucleotide primers used to genotype the Capn2 locus Allele Primer Location Oligonucleotide Sequence Single-Step Both Sense Intron 4 5'-GGGCCCCCATTGCCTCTTAGC-3' Wild-type Antisense Exon 7 5'- GGATTCCTGATGCGGATCAATTTCTGC-3' Mutant Antisense PGK-Neo 5'-CCTCGAAGTCGAGGTCGATCC-3' Nested PCR Wild-Type (Diagnostic) Sense #1 Intron 6 5'-CAACATCATAAGCAACGGAGAACGC-3' Sense #2 Intron 6 5'-GCCTGTGACAGAAGTACCACCAG-3' Antisense #1 Intron 7 5'-CTCCTCGGCCCTCCCTGTAG-3' Antisense #2 Exon 7 5'-GGATTCCTGATGCGGATCAATTTCTGC-3' Mutant (Diagnostic) Sense #1 Intron 6 5'-CAACATCATAAGCAACGGAGAACGC-3' Sense #2 Intron 6 5'-GCCTGTGACAGAAGTACCACCAG-3' Antisense #1 PGK-Neo 5'-CCTACCCGGTAGAATTGACCTGC-3' Antisense #2 PGK-Neo 5'-GACCTGCAGGGGCCCTC-3' Both (Internal Control) Sense #1 Intron 4 5-GGGATGAAGGCTCCCTGTTGC-3' Sense #2 Exon 5 5'-GGGGGTGCCACCACGGAA -3' Antisense #1 Intron 5 5'-CCCCTAGAGGACTATTGCCTGG-3' Antisense #2 Intron 5 5'-GATGCACCCATGCCTTAAGGAGC-3'