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For birds I use primers from Kerr et al., 2007 (Kerr K.C., Stoeckle M.Y., Dove C.J., Weigt L.A., Francis C.M., Hebert P.D. Comprehensive DNA barcode coverage of North American birds. // Mol. Ecol. Res. Mol. Ecol. Notes 2007, 7(4). P. 535– 543):
BirdF1 5'-TTCTCCAACCACAAAGACATTGGCAC-3'
BirdR1 5'-ACGTGGGAGATAATTCCAAATCCTG-3'
BirdR2 5'-ACTACATGTGAGATGATTCCGAATCCAG-3'
FalcoFA 5'-TCAACAAACCACAAAGACATCGGCAC-3'
VertebrateR1 5'-TAGACTTCTGGGTGGCCAAAGAATCA-3'
(F –forward, R – reverse) in various combinations.
My experience with species identification of birds involved in collisions with aircraft shows that the most effective primer pairs are FalcoFA/ VertebrateR1 , BirdF1/ BirdR2 and BirdF1/ VertebrateR1.