Reference Genes to Study Herbicide Stress Response in Lolium sp.: Up-Regulation of P450 Genes in Plants Resistant to Acetolactate-Synthase Inhibitors
Figure 1
geNorm ranking of the eight candidate reference genes according to their average expression stability value M (A) and determination of the optimal number of reference genes for accurate normalisation (B).
A, ranking was performed for all RNA samples in samplings IM1 (top) and P1 (bottom). M-values of the remaining genes at each step during stepwise exclusion of the least stable gene are shown. The genes are ranked according to increasing expression stability (i.e., decreasing M-value). B, pairwise variation analysis to determine the optimal number of reference genes for accurate normalisation in samplings IM1 (open boxes) and P1 (solid boxes). The pairwise variation between consecutive normalisation factors (Vi/i+1) indicating the optimal number of reference genes is arrowed.