. 2013 Jun 13;8(6):e66023. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0066023

Table 3. Posterior mean (PM) and posterior standard deviation (PSD) of expression level in logarithmic scale of each potential reference gene in each physiological stage evaluated in this study for uterus and ovary.

Genes		Uterus					Ovary
		Heat	15 days	30 days	45 days	60 days	Heat	15 days	30 days	45 days	60 days
ACTB	PM	−0.19^a	−0.17^a	0.00^a	−0.21^a	0.03^a	0.61^a	0.87^a	−0.16^b	0.71^a	−0.24^b
	PSD	[−0.28, −0.07]	[−0.27, −0.06]	[−0.11,0.12]	[−0.40,0.01]	[−0.08,0.16]	[0.26,0.90]	[0.70,1.06]	[−0.18,0.24]	[0.40,1.04]	[−0.44, −0.05]
B2M	PM	−0.09^ab	−0.09^a	0.05^b	−0.07^ab	0.08^b	−0.04^a	0.24^b	−0.21^a	0.28^b	−0.21^a
	PSD	[−0.24, −0.01]	[−0.14, −0.05]	[−0.04,0.16]	[−0.16,0.01]	[−0.04,0.19]	[−0.16,0.10]	[0.11,0.40]	[−0.34, −0.10]	[0.14,0.43]	[−0.36, −0.05]
GNB2L1	PM	−0.12^a	−0.01^ab	0.06^b	−0.09^ab	0.08^b	0.06^a	0.00^a	−0.34^b	0.00^a	−0.39^b
	PSD	[−0.19, −0.06]	[−0.08,0.05]	[−0.00,0.12]	[−0.17,0.01]	[−0.01,0.17]	[−0.06,0.19]	[−0.16,0.14]	[−0.48, −0.20]	[−0.16,0.14]	[−0.57, −0.23]
HMBS	PM	0.02^a	0.03^a	−0.03^a	−0.12^a	0.01^a	0.04^a	−0.02^a	−0.31^b	0.00^a	−0.36^b
	PSD	[−0.06,0.14]	[−0.08,0.12]	[−0.13,0.06]	[−0.27, −0.01]	[−0.15,0.14]	[−0.04,0.14]	[−0.13,0.10]	[−0.42, −0.19]	[−0.11,0.11]	[−0.53, −0.23]
HPRT1	PM	0.15^ab	0.20^a	0.46^a	−0.26^b	0.39^a	−0.02^ab	0.17^a	−0.29^b	0.05^a	−0.34^b
	PSD	[−0.04,0.38]	[0.04,0.41]	[0.04,0.91]	[−0.60,−0.01]	[0.09,0.74]	[−0.18,0.11]	[0.01,0.34]	[−0.44, −0.14]	[−0.09,0.22]	[−0.56, −0.13]
RPL32	PM	−0.11^a	−0.03^ab	0.09^b	−0.05^ab	0.06^ab	0.21^a	−0.01^a	−0.29^b	0.01^a	−0.34^b
	PSD	[−0.24, −0.04]	[−0.15,0.06]	[−0.01,0.18]	[−0.15,0.02]	[−0.07,0.19]	[0.10,0.34]	[−0.13,0.16]	[−0.40, −0.15]	[−0.09,0.16]	[−0.50, −0.18]
SDHA	PM	0.03^ab	0.01^ab	0.13^a	−0.05^b	0.06^ab	−0.01^ab	0.20^a	−0.11^ab	0.19^a	−0.26^b
	PSD	[−0.06,0.09]	[−0.07,0.09]	[0.05,0.20]	[−0.12,0.01]	[−0.03,0.17]	[−0.17,0.14]	[0.02,0.38]	[−0.25,0.05]	[0.02,0.36]	[−0.48, −0.05]
TBP	PM	−0.04^a	−0.01^a	0.10^a	−0.06^a	0.09^a	−0.02^a	0.00^a	−0.36^b	0.00^a	−0.55^b
	PSD	[−0.11,0.05]	[−0.10,0.05]	[0.02,0.18]	[−0.17,0.03]	[−0.04,0.20]	[−0.16,0.11]	[−0.15,0.14]	[−0.50, −0.22]	[−0.16,0.15]	[−0.74, −0.36]
UBC	PM	−0.05^a	−0.05^a	−0.01^a	−0.09^a	−0.01^a	0.20^a	0.21^a	0.03^ab	0.16^ab	−0.07^b
	PSD	[−0.10,0.01]	[−0.10, −0.01]	[−0.05,0.02]	[−0.14, −0.04]	[−0.05,0.03]	[0.10,0.30]	[0.08,0.33]	[−0.07,0.14]	[0.03,0.28]	[−0.21,0.06]
YWHAZ	PM	−0.01^a	−0.01^a	0.17^a	−0.01^a	0.08^a	0.00^a	0.02^a	−0.56^b	0.05^a	−0.69^b
	PSD	[−0.19,0.07]	[−0.13,0.08]	[0.04,0.28]	[−0.13,0.08]	[−0.03,0.22]	[−0.17,0.17]	[−0.18,0.24]	[−0.75, −0.38]	[−0.16,0.27]	[−0.92,−0.45]

^a,b

Different index within the same row indicate the posterior distributions of the difference was over zero with a probability lower than 0.05.