Gene expression profile of intramuscular muscle in Nellore cattle with extreme values of fatty acid

BMC Genomics

Table 1 Descriptive statistics and analysis of variance for the fatty acids^a for groups of animals with extreme phenotypes (LOW and HIGH)

Fatty acid	Terminology	LOW group^b				HIGH group^c				P-value
Fatty acid	Terminology	Min	Max	Mean	SD	Min	Max	Mean	SD	P-value
C14:0	Myristic acid	0.95	1.68	1.38	0.22	2.49	3.73	2.88	0.35	< 0.01
C16:0	Palmitic acid	16.54	20.35	18.84	0.42	23.24	28.57	24.48	0.42
C18:0	Stearic acid	10.86	12.80	11.80	0.22	15.88	17.78	16.68	0.22
C18:1 cis-9	Oleic acid	25.57	29.51	27.60	0.38	34.51	37.51	35.85	0.38
C18:2 cis-9 trans-11	CLA	0.14	0.20	0.18	0.02	0.33	0.59	0.41	0.02
C18:2 cis-9 cis −12	Linoleic acid	2.47	4.92	4.13	0.28	8.96	11.82	9.98	0.27
C18:3 n3	α-Linolenic acid	0.23	0.49	0.41	0.03	0.87	1.20	1.00	0.03
SFA	Sum of SFA	39.91	42.05	41.10	0.32	45.37	49.62	46.87	0.32	< 0.01
MUFA	Sum of MUFA	30.14	34.50	32.75	0.39	40.44	43.71	42.20	0.39
PUFA	Sum of PUFA	4.33	8.24	7.16	0.46	15.79	20.46	17.21	0.46
PUFA/SFA	PUFA and SFA ratio	0.09	0.18	0.16	0.01	0.36	0.51	0.40	0.01
n3	Sum of n-3	2.78	5.39	4.49	0.29	9.77	12.94	10.89	0.29	< 0.01
n6	Sum of n-6	1.24	2.65	2.18	0.20	5.14	7.62	6.14	0.20
n6/n3	n6 and n3 ratio	1.45	1.64	1.57	0.03	2.15	2.63	2.27	0.03

^aThe concentration of fatty acids are expressed as a percentage of total fatty acid methyl esters (FAME); ^bLOW group: ten lowest extreme phenotypes; ^cHIGH group: ten highest extreme phenotypes

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