Transcriptome-wide identification of optimal reference genes for expression analysis of Pyropia yezoensis responses to abiotic stress

Table 4 Expression stability of the 9 candidate reference genes calculated by NormFinder

Rank	All stress		Dehydration stress		Temperature stress
Rank	Gene	Stability	Gene	Stability	Gene	Stability
1	UBC	0.254	UBC	0.209	UBC	0.173
2	MAP	0.373	CGS1	0.257	MAP	0.293
3	EF1-α	0.406	FHP	0.315	CGS1	0.402
4	FHP	0.408	MAP	0.342	EF1-α	0.424
5	CGS1	0.491	EF1-α	0.365	ATPase	0.476
6	PPK	0.708	PPK	0.370	FHP	0.505
7	eif4A	0.761	eif4A	0.527	DPE2	0.718
8	ATPase	0.783	DPE2	0.589	PPK	0.847
9	DPE2	1.246	ATPase	0.646	eif4A	0.972

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