Table 7. Association of diplotypes with meat quality traits in pigeon the Myod1 gene.

Meat quality trait	Diplotype
	H1H1	H1H2	H1H3	H1H4	H2H2	H2H4	H4H4
Meat color L*	41.52±0.72	41.36±0.51	40.87±1.29	41.66±1.14	40.94±0.74	40.37±0.60	40.65±0.74
Meat color a*	14.55±0.28	14.27±0.26	13.59±1.27	14.38±0.46	14.03±0.33	14.30±0.37	14.64±0.38
Meat color b*	17.13±0.51	16.57±0.43	14.00±1.80	17.40±0.89	16.29±0.41	17.04±0.54	15.80±0.42
pH	5.84±0.024	5.81±0.014	5.78±0.041	5.79±0.053	5.82±0.023	5.86±0.058	5.83±0.029
Shear force (N)	15.95±0.75	14.33±0.62	18.22±3.06	16.66±0.92	15.13±0.69	17.26±1.11	15.40±1.19
Drip loss (%)	33.42±1.21	32.42±0.87	37.86±4.06	30.92±2.29	33.98±1.64	28.89±1.57	31.93±1.47
Inosinic acid (mg/g)	1.28±0.028	1.27±0.019	1.28±0.042	1.32±0.063	1.18±0.038	1.20±0.031	1.16±0.033
Intramuscular fat (%)	2.27±0.072	2.23±0.064	2.25±0.024	2.26±0.14	2.24±0.059	2.33±0.10	2.14±0.10

MyoD1=myogenic differentiation 1.