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Altered fibre types in gastrocnemius muscle of high wheel-running selected mice with mini-muscle phenotypes.
Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part B, Biochemistry & molecular biology - 1 Mar 2008
Guderley Helga, Joanisse Denis R, Mokas Sophie, Bilodeau Geneviève M, Garland Theodore
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Selective breeding of mice for high voluntary wheel running has favoured characteristics that facilitate sustained, aerobically supported activity, including a "mini-muscle" phenotype with markedly reduced hind limb muscle mass, increased mass-specific activities of oxidative enzymes, decreased %...
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