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Analyses of muscle spindles in the soleus of six inbred mouse strains.
Journal of anatomy - 1 Sept 2013
Lionikas Arimantas, Smith Colin J, Smith Tracey L, Bünger Lutz, Banks Robert W, Bewick Guy S
Abstract excerpt
Adult muscle size and fibre-type composition are heritable traits that vary substantially between individuals. We used inbred mouse strains in which soleus muscle mass varied by an order of magnitude to explore whether properties of muscle spindles can also be influenced by genetic factors. Skip-serial cross-sections of soleus muscles dissected from 15 male mice of BEH, BEL, C57BL/6J, DUH, LG/J and SM/J strains...
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