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Table 1 Descriptive statistics for breast muscle weight and IMF contents

From: Large-scale transcriptome sequencing in broiler chickens to identify candidate genes for breast muscle weight and intramuscular fat content

Trait

N

Mean

Standard deviation

Coefficient of variation (%)

BMW (g)

381

83.68

11.66

13.93

IMF (%)

398

1.97

0.76

38.77

TG (mg/g)

398

2.65

1.06

39.92

CHO (mg/g)

398

0.73

0.31

42.94

PL (mg/g)

398

0.22

0.08

37.84

  1. BMW breast muscle weight, IMF intramuscular fat percentage, TG relative triglycerides content, CHO relative cholesterol content, PL relative phospholipids content