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. 2019 Dec 30;10(1):69. doi: 10.3390/ani10010069

Table 4.

Effect of age on myofiber characteristics of Da-Heng meat type birds.

Trait	Age
Trait	60	90	120	150	180
Diameter (μm)	24.50 ^a ± 0.67	33.44 ^b ± 1.02	35.67 ^b ± 2.00	35.86 ^b ± 2.55	35.74 ^b ± 1.02
Cross sectional area (μm²)	495.73 ^a ± 27.21	941.61 ^b ± 57.51	1083.48 ^b ± 110.67	1122.96 ^b ± 163.06	1087.40 ^b ± 56.32
Density (num/μm²)	14.46 ^a ± 1.20	6.78 ^b ± 0.72	6.28 ^b ± 0.66	6.18 ^b ± 0.50	6.11 ^b ± 0.24

Values are expressed as mean ± SE. ^a,b Means within rows with different superscript letters differ significantly (p ≤ 0.05).