| WHC | Water-holding capacity |
| DEGs | Differentially expressed genes |
| WGCNA | Weighted gene co-expression network analysis |
| LT | Longissimus thoracis |
| TPM | Transcripts per million |
| GO | Gene Ontology |
| KEGG | Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes |
| TSGs | Tissue-specific genes |