Table 2. A summary of ranking for reference gene candidates using five different statistical approaches.

RefFinder		geNorm		NormFider		ΔCt		BestKeeper
Genes	GM	Genes	SV	Genes	SV	Genes	SV	Genes [r]		Genes SD
RPS8	1.19	RPL14	1.035	RPS8	0.792	RPS8	1.45	RPL14	0.860	HSP70	0.88
RPL14	2.00	RPS8	1.035	RPL14	0.805	RPL14	1.46	RPL11	0.748	RPS8	0.95
RPL11	3.00	RPL11	1.092	RPL11	0.955	RPL11	1.54	18S	0.700	RPL11	0.97
HSP70	3.64	ATPase	1.167	ATPase	1.14	ATPase	1.62	RPS8	0.670	RPL14	1.01
ATPase	4.47	RPS23	1.227	HSP70	1.238	HSP70	1.69	ATPase	0.376	ATPase	1.03
RPS23	6.26	12S	1.276	NADH	1.367	NADH	1.77	EF1A	0.299	RPS23	1.04
12S	6.74	HSP70	1.432	12S	1.388	12S	1.78	HSP70	0.276	12S	1.04
NADH	6.93	NADH	1.52	RPS23	1.394	RPS23	1.78	NADH	0.231	NADH	1.05
EF1A	9.24	EF1A	1.578	18S	1.488	EF1A	1.86	12S	0.183	EF1A	1.26
18S	9.74	18S	1.639	EF1A	1.512	18S	1.89	RPS23	0.001	18S	1.40

12 samples were from developmental stage group as input.

Geometric mean (GM); Stability Value (SV); Pearson’s correlation coefficient ([r]); Standard Deviation (SD).