A second look into fibre typing - Relation to meat quality

Meat Science

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 257-270

  Lefaucheur, L ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Energy metabolism; Growth; Meat quality; Muscle fibres; Myosin heavy chain

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FOOD HANDLING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MEAT; METABOLISM; MUSCLE MITOCHONDRION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CALCIUM; FOOD TECHNOLOGY; HUMANS; MEAT; MITOCHONDRIA, MUSCLE; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 70449698635     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2009.05.004     Document Type: Review

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