Table 4 Results of stability among 15 candidate genes computed by 4 algorithms using 55 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

PGK1

2.21

1

0.612

1

0.657

8

0.398

3

0.242

1

HPRT1

3.08

2

0.633

3

0.624

5

0.376

1

0.386

6

RPL4

3.13

3

0.619

2

0.578

3

0.382

2

0.539

8

RPS9

3.87

4

0.665

5

0.565

1

0.469

5

0.585

9

ACTB

4.20

5

0.649

4

0.740

13

0.477

6

0.242

1

B2M

5.09

6

0.671

6

0.593

4

0.435

4

0.474

7

LDHA

6.34

7

0.685

7

0.732

11

0.529

7

0.247

3

GAPDH

7.87

8

0.698

10

0.736

12

0.535

8

0.283

4

TFRC

8.61

9

0.755

14

0.577

2

0.570

14

0.669

14

RPS18

9.43

10

0.691

8

0.685

10

0.540

9

0.635

11

RPL8

9.49

11

0.694

9

0.665

9

0.544

10

0.619

10

YWHAZ

9.80

12

0.706

12

0.743

14

0.544

11

0.312

5

RPL18

10.26

13

0.698

11

0.644

7

0.559

12

0.642

12

LDHB

10.72

14

0.751

13

0.638

6

0.561

13

0.656

13

SDHA

15.00

15

0.824

15

0.747

15

0.671

15

0.690

15