Objective:To explore the muscle texture of the crossbreed F1. Method: The female parent grass carp ( Ctenopharyngodon idellus) ( ♀ ) × Barbel chub ( Squaliobarbus curriculus) ( ♂ ) F1 ( crossbreedF1 ) as well as their parents at the same specification were used for our research. The texture analyzer, the freezing sectioning technology and hematoxylin-eosin staining method were used for muscle characterization and fiber diameter. In addition, the spatio-temporal expression of COL1A1, COL1A2, CAST genes were identified by RT-PCR. O...