. 2019 Feb 7;13(8):1750–1757. doi: 10.1017/S1751731118003713

Table 2.

Percentage distribution of Meat Standards Australia (MSA) cuts from beef carcasses in the low and high muscling selection lines, and also the myostatin line

		Line
Muscle name	MSA cut	Low	High	Myostatin	Average SE	Significance
m. longissimus lumborum (anterior)	STA045	2.27	2.31	2.40	0.057	NS
m. longissimus lumborum (posterior)	STP045	2.02	2.16	2.09	0.046	NS
m. iliacus	TDR034	0.77	0.77	0.68	0.048	NS
m. psoas major	TDR062	1.93	1.91	1.94	0.04	NS
m. gluteus medius	RMP131	2.52	2.64	2.59	0.037	NS
m. gluteus medius	RMP231	1.40	1.43	1.41	0.034	NS
m. biceps femoris	RMP005	1.50	1.52	1.50	0.057	NS
m. gluteus profundus	RMP032	0.36	0.33	0.31	0.013	NS
m . tensor fascia latae	RMP087	1.30^ab	1.28^a	1.38^b	0.027	*
m. obliquus externus abdominus	TFL051	1.15^a	1.22^a	1.44^b	0.065	*
m. obliquus internus abdominus	TFL052	2.59^ab	2.67^a	2.41^b	0.064	*
m. rectus abdominus	TFL064	1.19	1.16	1.17	0.027	NS
m. adductor	TOP001	2.05^a	2.17^ab	2.26^b	0.04	*
m. gracilis	TOP033	1.64	1.66	1.74	0.034	NS
m. semimembranosus	TOP073	6.38	6.22	6.52	0.1	NS
m. rectus femoris	KNU066	2.60	2.64	2.70	0.038	NS
m. vastus intermedius	KNU098	1.02^a	1.03^a	0.92^b	0.031	*
m. vastus lateralis	KNU099	3.05	3.00	3.12	0.058	NS
m. vastis medius	KNU100	0.87	0.87	0.89	0.022	NS
m. biceps femoris	OUT005	7.49	7.38	7.46	0.102	NS
m. gastrocnemius	OUT029	3.25	3.34	3.27	0.056	NS
m. semitendinosus	EYE075	3.25	3.26	3.47	0.081	NS
extensor/flexor group	HQshin	3.20	3.31	3.29	0.051	NS
m. pectoralis profundus	BRI056	4.48	4.46	4.71	0.1	NS
m. pectoralis superficialis	BRI057	1.88	1.95	2.01	0.059	NS
m. spinalis dorsi	SPN081	2.12	2.14	1.94	0.1	NS
m. longissimus thoracis	CUB045	3.35	3.50	3.57	0.069	NS
m. lattismus dorsi	RIB041	3.27	3.28	3.38	0.064	NS
m. infraspinatus	OYS036	2.81^a	2.69^ab	2.56^b	0.057	*
m. latissimus dorsi	BLD096	4.35	4.37	4.36	0.056	NS
m. subscapularis	BLD084	1.27	1.24	1.17	0.048	NS
m. rhomboideus	CHK068	1.09	0.98	0.99	0.033	NS
m. semispinalis captisus	CHK074	1.93	1.98	1.88	0.029	NS
m. serratus ventralis cervics	CHK078	5.37	5.12	5.25	0.116	NS
m. spinalis dorsi	CHK081	1.41^a	1.47^a	1.21^b	0.044	**
m. spenius	CHK082	1.02	0.96	0.94	0.033	NS
extensor/flexor group	FQshin	6.46^a	6.36^a	6.07^b	0.1	*
m. intercostalis externus/internus	INT037	3.35	3.24	3.11	0.153	NS
m. supraspinatus	CTR085	2.03^a	2.00^a	1.88^b	0.035	**

NS=no significant difference.

^a,bDifferent superscripts within a row indicate that means were significantly different.

*P<0.05; **P<0.01.