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However, commonly used reference genes have variable expression levels in developing skeletal muscle. There are few reports that systematically evaluate the expression stability of reference genes across prenatal and postnatal developing skeletal muscle in mammals. Here, we used quantitative PCR to examine the expression levels of 15 candidate reference genes (\n                    <jats:italic>ACTB<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>GAPDH<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>RNF7<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>RHOA<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>RPS18<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>RPL32<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>PPIA<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>H3F3<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>API5<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>B2M<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>AP1S1<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>DRAP1<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>TBP<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>WSB<\/jats:italic>\n                    , and\n                    <jats:italic>VAPB<\/jats:italic>\n                    ) in porcine skeletal muscle at 26 different developmental stages (15 prenatal and 11 postnatal periods). We evaluated gene expression stability using the computer algorithms geNorm, NormFinder, and BestKeeper. Our results indicated that\n                    <jats:italic>GAPDH<\/jats:italic>\n                    and\n                    <jats:italic>ACTB<\/jats:italic>\n                    had the greatest variability among the candidate genes across prenatal and postnatal stages of skeletal muscle development.\n                    <jats:italic>RPS18<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>API5<\/jats:italic>\n                    , and\n                    <jats:italic>VAPB<\/jats:italic>\n                    had stable expression levels in prenatal stages, whereas\n                    <jats:italic>API5<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>RPS18<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>RPL32<\/jats:italic>\n                    , and\n                    <jats:italic>H3F3<\/jats:italic>\n                    had stable expression levels in postnatal stages.\n                    <jats:italic>API5<\/jats:italic>\n                    and\n                    <jats:italic>H3F3<\/jats:italic>\n                    expression levels had the greatest stability in all tested prenatal and postnatal stages, and were the most appropriate reference genes for gene expression normalization in developing skeletal muscle. Our data provide valuable information for gene expression analysis during different stages of skeletal muscle development in mammals. 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