Table 2.

Similarity analysis of the pig MYOD1 amino acid sequence compared to other species

	Similarity between pig and the other species, %
	Mouse	Human	Horse	Cow	Sheep
MYOD1 protein	89.03	93.12	94.36	95.92	95.61
Acidic	92.59	92.59	98.15	100.00	100.00
H/C	89.19	97.30	89.19	100.00	100.00
bHLH	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Helix3	92.86	92.86	92.86	92.86	92.86

Similarity comparison between pig and the other species was confirmed on the score via the Protein BLAST program