Prenatal muscle fiber development and bundle structure in beef and dairy cattle

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 3666-3673

  Albrecht, E ^a   Lembcke, C ^a,b   Wegner, J ^a   Maak, S ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR FARM ANIMAL BIOLOGY FBN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bundle structure; Cattle; Fast myosin; Fetal muscle growth; Muscle fiber composition; Slow myosin

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882583193     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2013-6258     Document Type: Article

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