Table 3 Genes belonging to the heat shock protein family whose expression levels were the most correlated with initial or overall tenderness scores in the reference group (young bulls slaughtered year 1)
Correlation with initial tenderness | Correlation with overall tenderness | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Animal type | Year | Number of animals | Person coefficient | Spearman coefficient | Person coefficient | Spearman coefficient | |
Hsp27* | young bulls | year 1 | 25 | -0.53 | -0.50 | -0.51 | -0.50 |
DNAJA1 | young bulls | year 1 | 25 | -0.50 | -0.59 | -0.48 | -0.59 |
DNAJC3 | young bulls | year 1 | 25 | -0.48 | -0.49 | -0.40 | -0.49 |
HspH1 | young bulls | year 1 | 25 | -0.47 | -0.47 | -0.43 | -0.47 |
HspA8 | young bulls | year 1 | 25 | -0.46 | -0.50 | -0.44 | -0.50 |
HspB1 | young bulls | year 1 | 25 | -0.46 | -0.43 | -0.42 | -0.42 |
DNAJB5 | young bulls | year 1 | 25 | -0.42 | -0.45 | -0.39 | -0.49 |
HspA6 | young bulls | year 1 | 25 | -0.41 | -0.40 | -0.42 | -0.37 |
CRYAB | young bulls | year 1 | 25 | -0.40 | -0.38 | -0.40 | -0.41 |