Slow fiber cluster pattern in pig longissimus thoracis muscle: Implications for myogenesis

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 973-983

  Fonseca, S ^a,b   Wilson, I J ^a,b   Horgan, G W ^a   Maltin, C A ^a  

^a ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Meat Quality; Muscle Fibers; Simulation Models; Spatial Distribution; Stochastic Processes

Indexed keywords

PIERIS BRASSICAE; SUS SCROFA;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CYTOCHEMISTRY; FAST MUSCLE FIBER; GLYCOLYSIS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; MEAT; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SLOW MUSCLE FIBER; STANDARD; SWINE;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; GLYCOLYSIS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MEAT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE FIBERS, FAST-TWITCH; MUSCLE FIBERS, SLOW-TWITCH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SWINE;

EID: 0043130214     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2003.814973x     Document Type: Article

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