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Effect of carcass weight on fresh ham face color at 1 d postmortem. Traits evaluated include (A) gluteus profundus (GP) lightness, (B) GP redness (a*), (C) gluteus medius (GM) lightness (L*), and (D) GM redness (a*). Data are depicted as the linear regression of the trait using carcass weight as the independent variable. Prediction equations and coefficients of determination are included on figures where the slope of linear regression lines was different from 0 (P < 0.05).
