“…These included cold carcass weight (CWT, kg), backfat thickness (FT, mm), eye muscle area (EMA, cm 2 ), side length (L, cm), forequarter length (LF, cm), hindquarter length (LB, cm), cervical vertebrae length (L1, cm), thoracic vertebrae length (L2, cm), lumbar vertebrae length (L3, cm), sacral vertebrae length (L4, cm), 6th lumbar vertebrae-heel length (L5, cm), 7th cervical vertebrae carcass breadth (L6, cm), 5–6th thoracic vertebrae breadth (L7, cm), 4–5th lumbar vertebrae breadth (L8, cm), 5th sacral vertebrae breadth (L9, cm), 7–8th thoracic vertebrae girth (L10, cm), coxae girth (chest girth, L11, cm), 4–5th lumbar vertebrae thick (L12, cm), coxae thick (L13, cm), and 7–8th thoracic vertebrae thick (L14, cm). The definitions of body size measurement were taken from Kim et al [ 20 ]. All 20 variables are summarized in Table 1 .…”