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. 2016 Apr 13;43:517–526. doi: 10.1007/s11033-016-3977-z

Table 4.

Effect of GHRH AluI polymorphic site on meat quality traits

Trait GHRH
AA AB BB P
Protein (g/100 g) 22.69 ± 0.81A 21.65 ± 0.34A 21.17 ± 0.30B 0.18
Intramuscular fat (g/100 g) 1.23 ± 0.38a,b 1.41 ± 0.16b 1.90 ± 0.14a 0.04
Shear force (g/cm2) 44.16 ± 1.18a,b 40.86 ± 1.13b 49.50 ± 1.62a 0.0004
pH 5.52 ± 0.08 5.49 ± 0.03 5.50 ± 0.03 0.93
Total water (g/100 g) 73.53 ± 0.89 74.31 ± 0.37 74.04 ± 0.32 0.68
Ashes (g/100 g) 1.12 ± 0.05 1.12 ± 0.02 1.09 ± 0.02 0.39

Data shown as LSMeans ± SEM. Within line, mean with different superscript differ significantly at P < 0.05 (low case) and P < 0.1 (upper case)

P values in italics show statistically significant differences