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Table 2 Effect of MSTN knockout on meat quality as assessed on the gluteal muscle tissue of gene-edited and wild-type lambs

From: Optimized Cas9:sgRNA delivery efficiently generates biallelic MSTN knockout sheep without affecting meat quality

Item

Groups

P value

Control

MSTN-edited

pH45min

6.15 ± 0.04

6.14 ± 0.04

0.76

pH24h

5.74 ± 0.03

5.74 ± 0.03

1.00

Moisture (%)

78.16 ± 0.48

77.63 ± 0.51

0.13

Drip loss (%)

4.75 ± 0.27

4.63 ± 0.21

0.44

Shear force (N)

46.78 ± 0.77

47.66 ± 0.55

0.063

Intramuscular fat (g/100 g)

4.57 ± 0.49

4.74 ± 0.34

0.55

Crude protein (g/100 g)

18.60 ± 0.35

18.88 ± 0.28

0.21