Adomas et al. BMC Genomics 2010, 11:477 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/11/477 two-color microarray hybridization of oligo(dT)-primed cDNA and multi- target-primed cDNA. Additional File 8: Sequences of primers used for Real Time RT-PCR. Table listing the gene measured, and the forward primer and reverse primer used. Acknowledgements This work was supported by funding from Yale University. Author details 1Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, 165 Prospect St, New Haven, CT 06511, USA. 2Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Program in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, and Microbiology Graduate Program, Yale University, 165 Prospect St, New Haven, CT 06511, USA. Authors’ contributions JPT, AA, and TAC conceived and designed the experiments. JPT and FLP designed and developed the MTP algorithm. AA and TAC performed the microarray profiling. AA performed RNA tag profiling. ZW performed Real Time PCR validations. 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