Hereditary dominance of fast-twitch fibers in skeletal muscles and relation of thyroid hormone under physiological conditions in rats.

doi:10.1159/000046467

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Hereditary dominance of fast-twitch fibers in skeletal muscles and relation of thyroid hormone under physiological conditions in rats.

Acta anatomica - 1 Jan 1998

Suwa M, Miyazaki T, Nakamura T, Sasaki S, Ohmori H, Katsuta S

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To investigate whether muscle fiber compositions of various skeletal muscles were correlated with each other and whether muscle fiber type composition was related to the serum thyroid hormone level, fast-twitch fiber dominant rats (FFDR), which had a higher percentage of fast-twitch (FT) fibers i...

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Animals
Body Weight
Female
Genes, Dominant
Genetic Variation
Inbreeding
Male
Muscle Fibers, Fast-Twitch
Muscle, Skeletal
Rats
Triiodothyronine

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