Table 3 Results of stability among 15 candidate genes computed by 4 algorithms using 75 bottlenose dolphin blood samples.

From: Selection of suitable reference genes for normalization of quantitative RT-PCR in peripheral blood samples of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)

HKGs

Comprehensive Ranking

Delta CT

BestKeeper

NormFinder

geNorm

Geomean of Ranking Value

Rank

Average of SD

Rank

SD

Rank

Stability value

Rank

M value

Rank

RPL4

2.21

1

0.621

3

0.540

1

0.390

2

0.300

4

HPRT1

2.89

2

0.616

2

0.608

5

0.357

1

0.515

7

PGK1

3.83

3

0.612

1

0.664

9

0.408

3

0.572

8

RPL18

5.07

4

0.682

10

0.626

6

0.536

11

0.178

1

RPS18

5.18

5

0.676

8

0.667

10

0.520

9

0.178

1

RPS9

5.21

6

0.675

7

0.579

3

0.492

7

0.334

5

B2M

5.42

7

0.678

9

0.604

4

0.452

4

0.440

6

ACTB

6.82

8

0.636

4

0.738

12

0.460

5

0.606

9

RPL8

7.50

9

0.700

11

0.635

8

0.558

12

0.237

3

GAPDH

7.58

10

0.668

5

0.717

11

0.490

6

0.621

10

TFRC

8.61

11

0.766

14

0.558

2

0.597

14

0.665

14

LDHA

9.10

12

0.674

6

0.739

13

0.520

8

0.630

11

LDHB

10.43

13

0.722

13

0.628

7

0.522

10

0.649

13

YWHAZ

12.94

14

0.715

12

0.783

15

0.571

13

0.638

12

SDHA

14.74

15

0.796

15

0.748

14

0.641

15

0.682

15