Table 3 Numbers (N), means and standard errors (SE) of three tenderness groups determined by the FASTCLUS procedure of SAS and the corresponding WBSF, collagen, muscle fibre, and biochemical traits in all five muscles combined (upper row) and in LT muscle only (lower row)

4.6^c± 0.6* (N=1019)

5.9^b± 0.4 (N=2078)

7.1^a± 0.5 (N=1269)

4.7^c± 0.5 (N=871)

6.1^b± 0.3 (N=1749)

7.1^a± 0.5 (N=1154)

46.1^a± 1.6 (N=619)

40.1^b± 1.3 (N=1645)

35.9^c± 1.1 (N=1054)

45.7^a± 0.3 (N=619)

40.0^b± 0.2 (N=1645)

36.0^c± 0.3 (N=1054)

29.0^a± 1.4 (N=335)

27.6^b± 1.5 (N=296)

27.7^b± 1.9 (N=134)

25.5^a± 1.4 (N=136)

23.7^b± 1.3 (N=132)

20.5^c± 1.1 (N=62)

22.6^a± 1.3 (N=335)

22.5^a± 1.2 (N=296)

20.7^b± 1.2 (N=134)

19.0^a± 1.1 (N=136)

19.0^a± 1.1 (N=132)

17.0^b± 0.7 (N=62)

1.4^b± 0.03 (N=382)

1.6^a± 0.03 (N=372)

1.6^a± 0.04 (N=180)

1.5^b± 0.04 (N=176)

1.7^a± 0.04 (N=149)

1.75^a± 0.06 (N=76)

938^a± 10 (N=382)

941^a± 10 (N=372)

941^a± 14 (N=180)

978^a± 15 (N=176)

957^a± 16 (N=149)

940^a± 22 (N=76)

54^a± 1.5 (N=261)

53^ab± 1.6 (N=267)

52^b± 1.3 (N=132)

52^a± 1.2 (N=141)

50^a± 1.1 (N=103)

50^a± 1.3 (N=59)

23^b± 2.5 (N=261)

25^a± 2.4 (N=267)

25^a± 2.4 (N=132)

33^a± 1.1 (N=141)

33^a± 0.9 (N=103)

33^a± 1.2 (N=59)

3336^a± 18 (N=903)

3057^b± 15 (N=1912)

2903^c± 16 (N=1186)

3070^a± 12 (N=690)

2960^b± 13 (N=1748)

2814^c± 13 (N=1112)