Table 1.
Candidate reference genes according to the expression stability (calculated as the average M value after stepwise exclusion of worst scoring genes) by the geNorm VBA applet.
| Liver | Kidney | Thyroid | Abdominal Fat | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranking Order | Gene Name | Average M value | Gene Name | Average M value | Gene Name | Average M value | Gene Name | Average M value |
| 1 | GAPDH | 0.846 | Ubiquitin | 0.760 | 18S rRNA | 0.948 | Beta Actin | 0.764 |
| 2 | Ubiquitin | 0.876 | Histone H3 | 0.820 | Ubiquitin | 0.975 | Ubiquitin | 0.894 |
| 3 | 18S rRNA | 1.040 | Beta Actin | 0.835 | Histone H3 | 0988 | 18S rRNA | 0.950 |
| 4 | Beta-actin | 1.071 | GAPDH | 0.860 | Beta Actin | 1.072 | GAPDH | 0.990 |
| 5 | Histone H3 | 1.115 | 18S rRNA | 0.971 | GAPDH | 1.536 | Histone H3 | 1.051 |