Table 5.

Rank order of each candidate reference gene in development of gonads.

Ranking order (better-good-average)
method	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Bestkeeper	5 S	miR-101	18 S	miR-23a	Let7a	U6	miR-26a	miR-146a	miR-451
Genorm	Let7a	miR-23a	U6	miR-101	miR-26a	18 S	miR-146a	5 S	miR-451
NormFinder	miR-23a	Let7a	miR-101	U6	18 S	miR-26a	miR-146a	MiR-451	5 S