Table 3 Color parameters of pectoral and leg muscles of Pharaoh and Japanese quails slaughtered at 6 weeks of age.

Trait		Genotype		Sex		SE	P values
Trait		Pharaoh quail	Japanese quail	Male	Female	M	G	S	G × S
L*—lightness	PM	32.76^b	40.08^a	34.06	38.79*	0.867	< 0.001	< 0.001	0.552
L*—lightness	LM	38.67	40.44	39.91	39.20	0.590	0.120	0.527	0.030
a*—redness	PM	15.12	16.10	15.58	15.64	0.384	0.201	0.931	0.081
a*—redness	LM	11.66	10.71	11.31	11.06	0.370	0.212	0.734	0.745
b*—yellowness	PM	3.48^b	5.49^a	4.45	4.51	0.305	0.001	0.910	0.813
b*—yellowness	LM	3.48	3.16	3.82	2.82*	0.250	0.516	0.049	0.645

S sex; G genotype; S × G interaction between genotype and sex, PM pectoralis muscle; LM leg muscle; SEM standard error of the mean. n = 20 for genotype or sex, 10 males and 10 females within a given genotype.
^a,b are the means with different superscripts are statistically different between Pharaoh and Japanese quail P value < 0.05; * statistical differences between males and females P value < 0.05.

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