Table 3.

Relationship between H-FABP polymorphism and IMF content in TYC and HTBC

Tissue	Breed	TT	TC	CC
Chest muscle	TYC	5.029 ± 0.307	3.994 ± 0.332	4.314 ± 0.575
Chest muscle	HTBC	7.535 ± 0.568^a	5.457 ± 0.581^b	6.133 ± 0.804^ab
Leg muscle	TYC	7.301 ± 0.673	5.628 ± 0.727	6.506 ± 1.259
Leg muscle	HTBC	10.643 ± 1.031	8.742 ± 1.053	9.320 ± 1.458

H-FABP heart-type fatty acid binding protein, TYC Three-yellow chicken, HTBC Hetian-black chicken

The correlation between H-FABP gene polymorphism and IMF content was performed using the SAS 9.0 software package’s PROC GLM procedures

^a,bMeans within a row with no common superscript are different (P < 0.05)