Table 3.

Stability values and rankings of ChP from the Development and the Light/Dark rearing panels calculated by four algorithms: geNorm, NormFinder, BestKeeper, DeltaCq and the overall ranking. Gene’s stability decreases from 1^st to 12^th rank.

Gene	Overall		geNorm		NormFinder		BestKeeper		DeltaCq
	Geometric mean of rank (GMR)	Rank	Stability value (M)	Rank	Stability value (ρ)	Rank	Stability value (r)	Rank	Mean SD of mean $\mathrm{\Delta }$Cq	Rank
Developmental panel
Rer1	2.783	1	0.216	5	0.207	2	0.922	3	0.40	2
Rpl13a	2.783	= 1	0.104	2	0.309	6	0.965	1	0.45	5
Gapdh	2.817	2	0.312	7	0.161	1	0.662	9	0.39	1
Rpl27	3.600	3	0.098	1	0.314	7	0.900	4	0.45	6
Tbp	4.949	4	0.156	4	0.438	10	0.878	5	0.43	3
B2m	5.009	5	0.376	9	0.278	5	0.953	2	0.45	7
Atp5f1	6.126	6	0.349	8	0.261	4	0.651	11	0.44	4
Actb	6.620	7	0.115	3	0.351	8	0.656	10	0.47	8
Ubc	6.817	8	0.258	6	0.248	3	0.472	12	0.54	10
Pgk1	8.972	9	0.410	10	0.363	9	0.781	8	0.52	9
Sdha	9.453	10	0.452	11	0.469	11	0.878	6	0.60	11
Hprt1	10.487	11	0.480	12	0.473	12	0.816	7	0.62	12
Light/Dark rearing panel
Hprt1	1.189	1	0.115	1	0.121	1	0.961	2	0.24	1
Rpl27	2.213	2	0.121	3	0.135	4	0.962	1	0.25	2
Tbp	2.711	3	0.205	6	0.132	3	0.949	4	0.26	3
Rpl13a	3.663	4	0.116	2	0.157	6	0.953	3	0.28	5
Atp5f1	4.527	5	0.220	7	0.123	2	0.940	5	0.29	6
Gapdh	5.318	6	0.182	5	0.151	5	0.962	= 1	0.31	8
Ubc	6.260	7	0.231	8	0.164	8	0.939	6	0.27	4
Rer1	6.817	8	0.135	4	0.189	10	0.939	= 6	0.32	9
Pgk1	7.454	9	0.240	9	0.163	7	0.917	7	0.30	7
Actb	9.212	10	0.253	10	0.166	9	0.899	8	0.33	10
Sdha	10.462	11	0.264	11	0.190	11	0.874	9	0.34	11
B2m	11.465	12	0.279	12	0.212	12	0.818	10	0.35	12