Table 4 Expression stability values of 10 candidate taimen reference genes under heat-stress conditions as assessed by RefFinder.

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

Stability ranking

Liver

Brain

Skin

Gill

Heart

Blood

Gene

Gene

Gene

Gene

Gene

Gene

1

RPS29

β-actin

RPS29

RPL19

RPS29

Saha

2

RPL13

RPS29

RPL13

Saha

RPL19

RPL19

3

β-actin

RPL19

Saha

RPS29

GAPDH

RPS29

4

RPL19

RPL13

GAPDH

RPL13

Saha

GAPDH

5

GAPDH

Saha

RPL19

GAPDH

β-actin

RPL13

6

18S

GAPDH

β-actin

β-actin

ARBP

β-actin

7

Saha

18S

18S

18S

RPL13

18S

8

α-tubulin

α-tubulin

ARBP

ARBP

α-tubulin

ARBP

9

ARBP

28S

α-tubulin

28S

18S

28S

10

28S

ARBP

28S

α-tubulin

28S

α-tubulin

  1. Genes marked with bold were the optimal combination of reference genes in the six tissues.