Table 7. Correlation between lipid composition parameters and gene expression of Sunit sheep

Item	Pearsonr
Item	AMPKα2	ACCα	CPT1B	SREBP-1c	FASN	SCD1
IMF	–0.585^*	0.256	–0.429	0.437	0.734^**	0.111
TG	–0.233	–0.032	–0.200	0.035	0.217	0.465
C10:0	0.558^*	–0.434	0.538^*	–0.329	0.090	–0.509^*
C12:0	0.307	0.050	0.151	0.095	0.118	0.145
C14:0	0.286	–0.216	0.332	–0.118	–0.077	–0.007
C16:0	–0.097	0.459	–0.320	0.344	0.068	0.066
C18:0	0.029	–0.095	0.015	–0.170	0.115	–0.361
C20:0	0.062	0.449	–0.195	0.195	0.280	0.377
C14:1	–0.536^*	0.706^**	–0.633^**	0.550^**	–0.130	0.479
C16:1	0.556^*	–0.730^**	0.718^**	–0.454	–0.052	–0.408
C18:1cis-9	0.487^*	–0.603^*	0.563^*	0.260	0.127	–0.386
C18:2n6	–0.384	0.635^**	–0.559^*	0.213	–0.227	0.362
C18:3n6	–0.493^*	0.701^**	–0.578^*	0.410	–0.185	0.544^*
C18:3n3	–0.268	0.349	–0.367	0.092	–0.069	0.437
C20:3n6	–0.662^**	0.799^**	–0.790^**	0.599^**	–0.058	0.534^*
C20:4n6	–0.656^**	0.810^**	–0.797^**	0.572^**	–0.105	0.539^*
C20:5n3	–0.157	0.169	–0.096	0.077	–0.108	0.205
C24:1n3	–0.384	0.530^*	–0.502^*	0.283	0.038	0.247

Indicated the significance of the correlations.
AMPKα2, adenosine 5’-monophosphate-activated protein kinase alpha 2; ACCα, acetyl-CoA carboxylase alpha; CPT1B, carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1B; SREBP-1c, sterol regulatory element binding protein-1c; FASN, fatty acid synthase; SCD1, stearoyl-CoA desaturase 1; IMF, intramuscular fat; TG, triglycerides.