Table 5. Stability ranking of the eleven candidate reference genes in the different sample groups as calculated by RefFinder.
| Rank | All samples | Head samples | Thorax samples | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All head samples | Male head samples | Female head samples | All thorax samples | Male thorax samples | Female thorax samples | ||
| 1 | L7A | L7A | RPS8 | RP18 | L7A | L7A | RP18 |
| 2 | RP18 | RP18 | L7A | L7A | RP4 | EF2 | L7A |
| 3 | RPS8 | RPS8 | RP18 | RPS8 | RP18 | RPS8 | EF2 |
| 4 | EF2 | ARF1 | EF2 | EF2 | RPS8 | RP4 | RPS8 |
| 5 | ARF1 | RP4 | TUB1a | ARF1 | EF2 | L10 | RP4 |
| 6 | RP4 | EF2 | RP4 | RP4 | L10 | EF1a | L10 |
| 7 | EF1a | GAPDH | ARF1 | EF1a | ARF1 | RP18 | ARF1 |
| 8 | TUB1a | TUB1a | GAPDH | GAPDH | EF1a | ARF1 | EF1a |
| 9 | L10 | EF1a | L10 | ARF4 | TUB1a | ARF4 | TUB1a |
| 10 | GAPDH | L10 | ARF4 | L10 | ARF4 | TUB1a | GAPDH |
| 11 | ARF4 | ARF4 | EF1a | TUB1a | GAPDH | GAPDH | ARF4 |