Muscle fiber characteristics and their relation to meat quality

Applied Muscle Biology and Meat Science

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 97-114

  Aalhus, Jennifer L ^a   Robertson, W M ^a   Ye, Jin ^b  

^a LACOMBE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b INNER MONGOLIA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

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