Supplementary Table 1. PCR primer sequences used in this study

Gene Id-1 Id-3 Sox1 Pax6 Nestin Brachyury Cerberus AFP GATA4 Sox17 GCM1 GATA2 Oct4 Nanog β-actin Forward primer ggt gcg ctg tct gtc tga g ctg gac gac atg aac cac tg gag att cat ctc agg att gag att cta Reverse primer ctg atc tcg ccg ttg agg gta gtc gat gac gcg ctg ta ggc cta ctg taa tct ttt ctc cac gcg gaa gct gca aag aaa ta ttt ggc tgc tag tct ttc tcg tgc ggg cta ctg aaa agt tc agg tac cca acc ctg agg a aca gtg ccc ttc agc cag act tgc aaa cga tga agc aag ag agg ctg agg gac atc ttg ag gca ggt gag ttg tca gaa tag gt aca act act ttt tca cag cct tcg t aac agg cct gag aaa tct gc 2.

Reference 1 1 gtc atc tca cta cgg gca ca ggc gca gca gaa tcc aga ctc tga agc tca tcc ctt gcc aga acc gac cac tca tca agc c tgg gct cga gaa gga tgt g cca aca tcc tga acc tca gc gct ctt ttc cag cct tcc tt ctt cag ggc cga gag gac cca cga ctt gcc cag cat tgg acg cct tcc tgg aaa gac tgc tct tct tgg act tgt tgg ac gca tag tcg ctg ctt gat cg gct att ctt cgg cca gtt gt ctt ctg cat cct gtc agc aa 3 3.

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