2.4. Statistical analyses
To confirm our previous ddPCR result (Sasaki, Miyake, et al., 2006a)
within JB breed in this study,we compared the CDC10 expression levels
in the LM between two JB steer groups (six steers with the highest
marbling levels (average BMS was 11, ranging from 10 to 12) and six
steers with the lowest marbling levels (average BMS was 3, ranging
from2 to 4) ) among the 22 JB steers by Student's t test. Correlation between
the CDC10 expression levels in the LMand marbling levels in the
22 JB steerswas analyzed by using Pearson's correlation analysis.