Table 1. Differences in muscle fiber number and area percentage by four major muscles and age of Korean native black goat

Measurements	LD		PM		SM		GM		SEM	p-value	Contrast
Measurements	AG	YG	AG	YG	AG	YG	AG	YG	SEM	p-value	Muscle	Age	Muscle×age
FNP
Type I	24.24^cd	21.74^d	44.42^a	45.86^a	31.28^b	28.48^bc	27.94^bc	29.1^bc	2.620	<0.001	<0.001	0.966	0.125
Type IIA	30.8b^c	40.24^a	28.18^bc	26.22^c	19.00^d	29.22^bc	28.42^bc	33.22^b	3.256	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	0.014
Type IIB	44.96^ab	38.02^c	27.40^d	27.92^d	49.72^a	42.3^bc	43.64^b	37.68^c	2.686	<0.001	<0.001	0.001	0.752
FAP
Type I	20.14^c	19.08^c	46.12^a	44.36^a	28.68^b	26.18^b	26.14^b	27.78^b	2.756	<0.001	<0.001	0.937	0.631
Type IIA	31.08^bcd	41.46^a	27.76^cd	25.66^d	18.50^e	33.50^bc	27.98^bcd	34.62^b	3.333	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Type IIB	48.78^ab	39.46^d	26.12^e	29.98^e	52.82^a	40.32^cd	45.88^bc	37.60^d	3.062	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	0.133

Means with different superscripts in the same row are significantly different (p<0.001).
LD, Longissimus dorsi; PM, psoas major; SM, semimembranosus; GM, gluteus medius; AG, adult goat; YG, young goat; FNP, fiber number percentage; FAP, fiber area percentage.