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. 2021 May 20;100(8):101264. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2021.101264

Table 3.

Correlation coefficients (r) between muscle fiber characteristics and meat quality traits in fast- and slow-growing ducks.

	Slow-growing ducks			Fast-growing ducks
Items	Fiber diameter	Fiber cross-sectional area	Fiber density	Fiber diameter	Fiber cross-sectional area	Fiber density
pH_{24 h}	0.610^⁎⁎	0.444^*	−0.569^⁎⁎	0.574^*	0.497^*	−0.604^⁎⁎
Shear force value (N)	0.809^⁎⁎	0.808^⁎⁎	−0.936^⁎⁎	0.56^*	0.54^*	−0.671^⁎⁎
Release water (%)	−0.696^⁎⁎	−0.528^⁎⁎	0.505^⁎⁎	−0.393	−0.393	0.532^*
Moisture content (%)	−0.081	−0.066	−0.034	−0.571^*	−0.469^*	0.594^⁎⁎
Protein content (%)	−0.769^⁎⁎	−0.814^⁎⁎	0.796^⁎⁎	0.525^*	−0.594^⁎⁎	0.469^*
IMF content (%)	0.593^⁎⁎	0.606^⁎⁎	−0.574^⁎⁎	0.517^*	0.407	−0.542^*
Collagen content (%)	0.489^*	0.319	−0.127	−0.025	0.036	−0.034

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Note: Levels of significance: *P < 0.05; **P < 0.01.

Abbreviation: IMF, Intramuscular fat.