Changes of histochemical profiles of myofibers in pectoralis and supracoracoideus fasciculi induced by breeding for large or small body size in Japanese quails

Animal Science Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 111-118

  Iwamoto, Hisao ^a   Gotoh, Takafumi ^a   Tabata, Shoji ^a   Nishimura, Shotaro ^a   Okamoto, Satoru ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body size; Breast muscles; Fasciculus; Japanese quail; Myofiber

Indexed keywords

COTURNIX JAPONICA; MUSCULUS; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 0344530259     PISSN: 13443941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1344-3941.2003.00095.x     Document Type: Article

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