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Table 2 Stability ranking of candidate reference gene expression by two different algorithms, calculated for sampled subpopulations

From: Ecological comparison of cellular stress responses among populations – normalizing RT-qPCR values to investigate differential environmental adaptations

 

GeNorm

NormFinder

 

Rank

Gene

M

Rank

Gene

Stability

Puerto Montt

N. magellanica, intertidal

1st + 2nd

Grp78 + Actin

1.163

1st

Grp78

0.38

+3rd

HIF

1.316

2nd

HIF

0.63

   

best pair

Grp78 + Actin

0.388

Punta Arenas

N. magellanica, intertidal

1st + 2nd

Grp78 + HIF

0.89

1st

Grp78

0.297

2nd

HIF

0.494

+3rd

H3

1.15

best pair

Grp + HIF

0.33

N. dearauta, sublittoral

1st + 2nd

Grp78 + HIF

0.86

1st

Grp78

0.14

2nd

HIF

0.29

+3rd

Actin

1.06

best pair

Grp78 + HIF

0.163

Potter Cove

N. concinna, intertidal

1st + 2nd

HIF + H3

0.869

1st

Grp78

0.198

2nd

HIF

0.211

+3rd

Grp78

0.929

3rd

H3

0.285

   

best pair

Grp78 + HIF

0.158

N. concinna, sublittoral

1st + 2nd

HIF + H3

0.636

1st

H3

0.22

2nd

HIF

0.227

+3rd

Grp78

0.848

3rd

Grp78

0.3

   

best pair

HIF + H3

0.169

All controls (0h)

Nacella

1st + 2nd

Grp78 + Actin

0.94

1st

Grp78

0.573

2nd

Actin

0.62

+3rd

H3

1.388

3rd

H3

0.704

    

best pair

Grp78 + HIF

0.486

  1. First three ranks are shown. GeNorm calculates an average expression stability M based on the standard deviation between all genes and samples, while NormFinder returns a model-based stability value between population/treatment groups.