TABLE 1.

Description of the top seven differentially expressed genes (DEGs) detected between high- and low-intramuscular fat (IMF) groups with |log2(fold change)| ≥ 1 and q < 0.05.

ID	Gene name	log2(fold change)	DEseq2		edgeR
			p-value	q-value	p-value	q-value
ENSSSCG00000009216	SPP1	2.44	2.01E−12	6.11E−09	1.02E−08	9.69E−05
ENSSSCG00000013892	KCNN1	–1.73	4.37E−12	1.14E−08	1.44E−07	6.84E−04
ENSSSCG00000034371	–	3.73	1.67E−10	3.82E−07	2.14E−09	4.08E−05
ENSSSCG00000040464	LEP	2.00	1.16E−05	2.12E−02	4.34E−05	3.94E−02
ENSSSCG00000011557	CIDEC	1.83	1.16E−05	2.12E−02	2.65E−06	5.06E−03
ENSSSCG00000025822	SFRP1	1.37	2.24E−05	2.92E−02	5.18E−06	8.22E−03
ENSSSCG00000040849	–	–1.42	3.48E−05	4.24E−02	1.36E−05	1.72E−02