Table 3. Expressions of HSP genes before and after mixed rearing of male and female chickens in Korean native chicken

Rearing Sex HSP-70 HSP-90α HSP-90β
ΔCt 2-ΔΔCt ΔCt 2-ΔΔCt ΔCt 2-ΔΔCt
Before mixed rearing Female 1.08±1.10a 1.00 25.27±3.21a 1.00 4.40±1.76a 1.00
Male 0.25±1.32ab 1.78 23.59±2.74ab 3.20 3.54±1.09ab 1.82
After mixed rearing Female −1.28±1.25c 5.13 21.76±2.46b 11.39 2.44±0.88c 3.89
Male −0.41±1.34bc 2.81 23.59±2.79ab 3.20 2.95±1.37bc 2.73
Male and female mixed rearing (R)
Before 0.70±1.26a 1.00 24.49±3.09a 1.00 4.00±1.53a 1.00
After −0.81±1.36b 2.85 22.74±2.77b 3.36 2.71±1.19b 2.45
P-values 0.0038 <0.0001 <0.0001
Sex (S)
Female −0.20±1.67 1.00 23.37±3.31 1.00 3.33±1.66 1.00
Male −0.16±1.36 0.97 23.59±2.74 0.86 3.18±1.29 1.11
P-values 0.5453 0.8210 0.5511
P-values of R × S 0.0038 0.0158 0.0020
Values with different superscripts in column significantly differ.