Gene	Primer name	Sequence 5’—3’	Reference
βFSH	GFSHexfor1	GTTGTCATGGCAGCAGTGTT	Levy et al., 2009
βFSH	GFSHexrev1	CCTCGTGGTAGCAATGTCCT	Levy et al., 2009
βLH	GLHexfor1	CCTGACTGTCCTCCTGGTGT	Levy et al., 2009
βLH	GLHexrev1	TTTGCTTTTGGTTTGCTGTG	Levy et al., 2009
GnRH1	Expsbfw	TCCAGGAGGAAAGAGGGGTCTGGA	Levy et al., 2009
GnRH1	Expsbrev	TGCGTCCATTTCCTCTGTCAGTGT	Levy et al., 2009
GnRH3	sal48fw	TGGAGGCGCGAAGCAGAG	Levy et al., 2009
GnRH3	sal244rev	CTCTTGGGTTTGGGCACTT	Levy et al., 2009
18S	expG18Sf	CCGTCGTAGTTCCGACCATA	Levy et al., 2009
18S	expG18Sr	CCCTTCCGTCAATTCCTTTA	Levy et al., 2009