Table 1 Summary statistics of mean (%), standard deviation (SD, %) and heritability estimates (h ²), additive genetic variance and coefficient of variation (CV%)

IMF

Intramuscular fat

4.09 ± 2.24

0.8132

3.4668

54.77

0.19 ± 0.10

 C14:0

Myristic

1.58 ± 0.45

0.0694

0.0599

28.48

0.54 ± 0.14

 C16:0

Palmitic

23.79 ± 8.75

4.5292

43.1737

36.78

0.09 ± 0.04

 C18:0

Stearic

20.23 ± 3.47

2.4048

4.5660

17.15

0.34 ± 0.12

 C20:0

Arachidic

0.38 ± 0.29

0.0397

0.1257

76.32

0.24 ± 0.06

 C22:0

Behenic

0.13 ± 0.12

0.0009

0.0109

92.31

0.08 ± 0.07

 C24:0

Methyl tetracosanoate

0.36 ± 0.17

0.0014

0.0275

47.22

0.05 ± 0.06

 C14:1 cis-9

Methyl myristoleate

0.41 ± 0.24

0.0101

0.0373

58.54

0.21 ± 0.08

 C16:1 cis-9

Methyl palmitoleate

2.08 ± 1.07

0.2100

0.6590

51.44

0.24 ± 0.07

 C18:1 cis-9

Oleic

31.98 ± 6.69

4.9380

16.6498

20.92

0.23 ± 0.09

 C20:1 cis-11

Cis-11-eicosenoic acid methyl ester

0.26 ± 0.13

0.0008

0.0161

48.16

0.05 ± 0.07

 C18:2 n-6

Linoleic

12.93 ± 5.84

3.8965

18.2536

45.17

0.18 ± 0.10

 C18:2 t-9c-11

cis-9 and trans-11 octadecadienoic acid methyl esters

0.42 ± 0.27

0.0065

0.0663

63.15

0.09 ± 0.08

 C18:2 t-12c-10

cis-10 and trans-12 octadecadienoic acid methyl esters

0.16 ± 0.13

0.0009

0.0161

81.25

0.05 ± 0.04

 C18:3 n-6

Methyl γ-linoleate

0.41 ± 0.32

0.0054

0.0630

78.05

0.08 ± 0.05

 C18:3 n-3

Linolenic

0.68 ± 0.32

0.0085

0.0711

47.06

0.11 ± 0.06

 C20:2 n-6

Cis-11,14-eicosadienoic acid methyl ester

0.17 ± 0.13

0.0132

0.1522

75.76

0.08 ± 0.05

 C20:3 n-3

Cis-11,14,17-eicosatrienoic acid methyl ester

2.75 ± 1.42

0.2328

1.2310

51.64

0.16 ± 0.08

 C20:4 n-6

Cis-5,8,11,14-eicosatetraenoic acid methyl ester

0.03 ± 0.02

2.4e-5

3.76e-4

66.67

0.06 ± 0.04

 C20:5 n-3

Cis-5,8,11,14,17-eicosapentaenoic acid methyl ester

0.32 ± 0.21

0.0036

0.0233

65.63

0.13 ± 0.06

 C22:5 n-3

Cis-7,10,13,16,19-docosapentaenoic methyl ester

0.73 ± 0.43

0.0240

0.1609

58.85

0.13 ± 0.07

 C22:6 n-3

Cis-4,7,10,13,16,19-docosahexaenoic acid methyl ester

0.20 ± 0.18

0.0013

0.0311

93.20

0.04 ± 0.06

 SFA

Sum of saturated fatty acid

46.47 ± 8.23

6.9372

50.8728

17.71

0.12 ± 0.08

 MUFA

Sum of monounsaturated fatty acid

34.73 ± 6.97

6.1980

16.7576

20.07

0.27 ± 0.10

 PUFA

Sum of polyunsaturated fatty acid

18.8 ± 8.72

7.5442

39.6071

46.38

0.16 ± 0.09

 PUFA/SFA

Ration between PUFA and SFA

0.4 ± 0.23

0.0092

0.04249

56.48

0.18 ± 0.09

 n-3

Sum of omega 3 fatty acids

4.68 ± 2.64

0.7182

4.0698

56.41

0.15 ± 0.08

 n-6

Sum of omega 6 fatty acids

13.54 ± 6.28

3.8914

20.4299

46.38

0.16 ± 0.08

 n-6/n-3

Ratio between n-6 and n-3 PUFA

2.89 ± 0.64

0.074

0.257

22.21

0.22 ± 0.11

 HI

Health index

1.78 ± 0.37

0.2894

0.9165

20.83

0.24 ± 0.10