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Table 3 Most stable reference genes per treatment calculated by geNorm and Normfinder

From: Reference genes for QRT-PCR tested under various stress conditions in Folsomia candida and Orchesella cincta (Insecta, Collembola)

Folsomia candida

Orchesella cincta

Treatment

Top 3 most stable genes

Optimum no. genes

Treatment

Top 3 most stable genes

Optimum no. genes

Ā 

Normfinder

GeNorm

Norm finder

GeNorm

Ā 

Norm finder

GeNorm

Normfinder

GeNorm

Temperature

SDHA

SDHA

2

>3

Temperature

28s

YWHAZ

>3

2

Ā 

ETIF

ETIF

Ā Ā Ā 

ACTb

ACTb

Ā Ā 
Ā 

EF1a

EF1a

Ā Ā Ā 

YWHAZ

28s

Ā Ā 

Desiccation

SDHA

SDHA

2

3

Desiccation

ACTb

ACTb

2

2

Ā 

ETIF

ETIF

Ā Ā Ā 

GAPDH

GAPDH

Ā Ā 
Ā 

EF1a

GAPDH

Ā Ā Ā 

EF1a

EF1a

Ā Ā 

Cadmium

YWHAZ

YWHAZ

3

2

Cadmium

TBa

TBa

>3

2

Ā 

SDHA

SDHA

Ā Ā Ā 

SDHA

YWHAZ

Ā Ā 
Ā 

GAPDH

GAPDH

Ā Ā Ā 

YWHAZ

SDHA

Ā Ā 

Phenanthrene

SDHA

SDHA

2

2

Phenanthrene

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Ā 

YWHAZ

YWHAZ

Ā Ā Ā 

n/a

n/a

Ā Ā 
Ā 

GAPDH

GAPDH

Ā Ā Ā 

n/a

n/a

Ā Ā 

pH

UBC

ACTb

>3

>3

pH

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Ā 

ETIF

CYP

Ā Ā Ā 

n/a

n/a

Ā Ā 
Ā 

ACTb

EF1a

Ā Ā Ā 

n/a

n/a

Ā Ā 

Starvation

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Starvation

ACTb

TBA

>3

2

Ā 

n/a

n/a

Ā Ā Ā 

YWHAZ

YWHAZ

Ā Ā 
Ā 

n/a

n/a

Ā Ā Ā 

TBa

SDHA

Ā Ā 

All treatments

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

All treatments

ACTb

n/a

n/a

n/a

Ā 

n/a

n/a

Ā Ā Ā 

TBa

n/a

Ā Ā 
Ā 

n/a

n/a

Ā Ā Ā 

YWHAZ

n/a

Ā Ā