Table 2.

Quantitative RT-PCR validation of 8 selected genes.

Gene Symbol	Microarrays		Real-time PCR
	FC	P-value	FC	P-value
Kif5b	12.17	< 0.001	3.14	0.005
Ptger2	4.58	< 0.001	3.42	0.01
Dkkl1	-3.76	< 0.001	-10.01	0.006
Grb10	-2.68	< 0.001	-10.32	0.09
Tnc	-1.76	0.001	-4.16	0.06
Wnt4	1.13	0.229	1.82	0.047
cyclin D1	1.08	0.66	1.95	0.12
cmyc	0.85	0.08	1.02	0.97

Comparison between array experiment and real-time PCR for 8 selected genes is shown. Log-fold change in real-time PCR was calculated from the difference in normalised expression between the CBA and QSi5 strains of mice. P-value was calculated from 2-tailed Student's t-test.