Longissimus cervicis muscle of beef steers with divergent Warner Bratzler Shear Force (WBSF) residuals following different post-mortem treatments (electrically stimulated v. non-stimulated). Bos indicus x Bos taurus

Transcriptional profiling of bovine skeletal muscle comparing expression differences of a population of beef cattle selected for divergent response (shear force residuals) to post-mortem treatment (electrical stimulation) Overall design: 4 condition experiment utilizing 47 total samples (originally 48, one sample could not be used). Samples were broken in to high/low groups based on residual WBSF following electrical stimulation (ES) and without electrical stimulation (NES). There are 4 groups based on residual WBSF: High-ES (12), Low-ES (11), High-NES (12), and Low-NES (12)