Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology

Table 3 The relative mRNA levels in the breast muscle of broilers (n = 10)

From: Association of growth rate with hormone levels and myogenic gene expression profile in broilers

Item	H	M	L	SEM	P-value
MyoD1	0.84^ab	1.00^a	0.66^b	0.065	0.017
Myogenin	2.94^a	1.00^b	1.29^b	0.111	<0.001
MRF4	1.22^a	1.00^a	0.78^b	0.078	0.047
Myf5	0.85^a	1.00^a	0.61^b	0.076	0.044
MEF2A	1.23	1.00	1.14	0.080	0.110
MEF2B	1.06^a	1.00^a	0.60^b	0.042	<0.001
MEF2C	1.22^a	1.00^b	0.74^c	0.062	0.024
MEF2D	1.32^a	1.00^b	0.89^b	0.052	0.015
MSTN	1.15^b	1.00^b	1.82^a	0.101	0.041
IGF-1	0.94^a	1.00^a	0.51^b	0.060	0.031

^{a- c}Means in the same row with different superscript letters differ significantly (P < 0.05)
H = fast-growing broilers (heavy BW group); M = medium-growing broilers (average BW group); L = slow-growing broilers (low BW group)

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