Table 3 Expression stability values of 10 candidate reference genes calculated by the Best Keeper.

From: Evaluation of qPCR reference genes for taimen (Hucho taimen) under heat stress

Rank

Liver

Brain

Skin

Gill

Heart

Blood

Gene

CV

Gene

CV

Gene

CV

Gene

CV

Gene

CV

Gene

CV

1

RPL19

1.54

RPL13

0.72

RPL13

0.58

RPL19

0.49

RPL19

0.59

RPL19

0.59

2

RPL13

1.61

RPL19

0.83

RPL19

0.67

RPL13

0.66

GAPDH

0.68

RPL13

0.60

3

β-actin

1.64

RPS29

1.09

RPS29

0.71

RPS29

0.68

RPS29

0.88

RPS29

0.68

4

RPS29

1.65

β-actin

1.39

GAPDH

0.84

GAPDH

0.84

β-actin

0.89

GAPDH

0.85

5

GAPDH

1.66

GAPDH

1.74

β-actin

0.98

Saha

1.06

RPL13

1.00

Saha

1.24

6

Saha

2.27

Saha

1.77

Saha

1.09

β-actin

1.23

Saha

1.23

β-actin

1.96

7

α-tubulin

2.38

α-tubulin

2.37

ARBP

1.46

18S

1.99

ARBP

1.98

18S

2.10

8

18S

3.24

18S

3.45

18S

2.27

ARBP

2.41

α-tubulin

2.06

ARBP

2.17

9

ARBP

4.19

28S

4.62

α-tubulin

2.54

28S

2.77

28S

2.31

28S

2.85

10

28S

4.69

ARBP

5.55

28S

3.33

α-tubulin

3.84

18S

2.38

α-tubulin

3.15

  1. The stability of the reference genes is represented by the coefficient of variation (CV), and the most stable gene has the lowest CV value.