COMPARISON OF POSTNATAL-DEVELOPMENT OF ANTERIOR LATISSIMUS-DORSI (ALD) MUSCLE IN HEAVY-WEIGHT AND LIGHT-WEIGHT STRAINS OF TURKEY (MELEAGRIS-GALLOPAVO)

Authors
CHEREL Y HURTREL M GARDAHAUT MF MERLY F MAGRASRESCH C FONTAINEPERUS J WYERS M
Citation
Y. Cherel et al., COMPARISON OF POSTNATAL-DEVELOPMENT OF ANTERIOR LATISSIMUS-DORSI (ALD) MUSCLE IN HEAVY-WEIGHT AND LIGHT-WEIGHT STRAINS OF TURKEY (MELEAGRIS-GALLOPAVO), Growth, development and aging, 58(3), 1994, pp. 157-165
Citations number
46
Categorie Soggetti
Biology,"Developmental Biology","Geiatric & Gerontology
Journal title
Growth, development and aging → ACNP
ISSN journal
10411232
Volume
58
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
157 - 165
Database
ISI
SICI code
1041-1232(1994)58:3<157:COPOAL>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
ALD muscle development was studied from day 2 to week 15 in males of t wo turkey strains. At 15 weeks, the heavy-weight (HW) strain weighed 2 .2 times as much as the light-weight strain (LW). Morphometric and imm unocytochemical analysis showed the presence of small fibers in KW ALD muscle which simultaneously accumulated ventricular and embryonic fas t myosin heavy chain isoforms. The appearance of these nascent myofibe rs suggests that hyperplasia contributes to the growth of HW ALD muscl e.