Table S1. Primers used in this study

Primer names / Sequences (5'–3') / Descriptions
pTi-f / 5′-CTTGCTAGCGAGCTCACCGCGAGCACTCTG-3′ / The Nhe I site is underlined
pTi-r / 5′-GCACCGGTCTTGATTGCTTTGACTTCG-3′ / The Age I site is underlined
pSA-f / 5′-CTTGCTAGCGATTGCAGCACGAAACAGG-3′ / The Nhe I site is underlined
pSA-r / 5′-ATGACGTCGGTATACGTACGTCACTAATTC-3′ / The Aat II site is underlined
pSA′-f / 5′-TCCCCGCGGAAAAATAAAATAAAATAAAAATTAAAAAAAAAGGCCGTCACGTAG -3′ / The Sac II site is underlined
pSA′-r / 5′-TCCAGATCTTGATTTTATTTCTATAGGACGGTAAGC -3′ / The Bgl II site is underlined
pf1 / GCCACCATGGGAAAATCAAAAGAAATCAG / The kozak sequence is underlined
pr1 / ATTATCGATCTAGTATTTGGTAGCATTGCCTTT / The Cla I site is underlined
p88f / GCCACCATGGGAAAATCAAAAG / A primer on SB11
p89r / GCCTAGTATTTGGTAGCA / A primer on SB11
pMf / ATGGGAAAATCAAAAGAAATCAGCCAAG / A primer on SB11
pXf / TCCTAGAGATGAACGTACTTTGGTG / A primer on SB11
pYr / ATCCACATAATTTTCCTTCCTCATG / A primer on SB11
p104f / CCTGAAAGTACCACGTTCATCTGTAC / A primer on SB11
p496r / TCCAAACATAACGATGGTCATTATG / A primer on SB11
p80r / GCTCCCAAGGATGAACCAGACTTG / A primer on SB11
pTi-f1 / CGTGCAGAGTCATGAGACTATATTCAATG / A primer on Hsp70 promoter
p-actin-f / CCTGAGCGTAAATACTCCGTCTG / A primer on b-actin CDS of tilapia
p-actin-r / AAGCACTTGCGGTGGACGAT / A primer on b-actin CDS of tilapia
Long-strand adaptor / CGAAGAGTAACCGTTGCTAGGAGAGACCGTGGCTGAATGAGACTGGTGTCGACACTAGTGG / Add bases to the 3' end for 3' overhang enzymes
Short-strand adaptor / GATCCCACTAGTGTCGACACCAGTCTCTAATTTTTTTTTTCAAAAAAA / The oligonucleotide contains a 5' overhang underlined and a hairpin
Splink1 / CGAAGAGTAACCGTTGCTAGGAGAGACC / 1st round primer for splinkerette PCR
L2 / TTAAAGGCACAGTCAACTTAGTGTATGTAAACTTCTG / 1st round PCR primer on SB11 left IR/DR
R2 / TGACCTAAGACAGGGAATTTTTACTAGGATTAAATG / 1st round PCR primer on SB11 right IR/DR
Splink2 / GTGGCTGAATGAGACTGGTGTCGAC / 2st round primer for splinkerette PCR
L3 / TGAAAAACGAGTTTTAATGACTCCAACTTAAG / 2st round PCR primer on SB11 left IR/DR
R3 / TGAGTTTAAATGTATTTGGCTAAGGTGTATG / 2st round PCR primer on SB11 right IR/DR
p111#-f / GAGGTAAACACAGTAGCCCCAAAGTATC / A primer on tilapia genomic DNA
p48#-f / ACGTATCCCTTTTAGACACAGTTTCC / A primer on tilapia genomic DNA