sarcomere {isdals}

Sarcomere length and meat tenderness

Description

The average sarcomere length in the meat and the corresponding tenderness as scored by a panel of sensory judges was examined. A high score corresponds to tender meat.

Usage

data(sarcomere)

Format

A data frame with 24 observations on the following 3 variables.

pig

factor with levels 1–24. Pid id

sarc.length

numeric Sarcomere length

tenderness

numeric Meat tenderness score

References

A. J. Moller and E. Kirkegaard and T. Vestergaard (1987). Tenderness of Pork Muscles as Influenced by Chilling Rate and Altered Carcass Suspension. Meat Science, 27, p. 275–286.

Examples

data(sarcomere)
cor(sarcomere$sarc.length, sarcomere$tenderness)