The focus of the dissertation is on myonuclear accretion of the early post-hatch poult because an increase in myofiber size is limited to the number of myonuclei present and the ability of the myofiber to acquire new nuclei is not consistent from hatch to market. The objective o…
Experimental evolutionary studies are excellent approaches to study the coadaptation of the musculoskeletal with locomotor behavior in real time. My dissertation examines mice from 4 replicate High Runner (HR) lines bred for voluntary wheel running as young adults and their 4 no…
Skeletal muscle contains a number of endogenous antioxidants that aid in protecting the muscle from oxidative damage. Antioxidant systems are comprised of water and lipid soluble compounds. The histidine containing dipeptides, anserine and carnosine, and α-tocopherol represent w…
Rossiter, Jeffrey A., The Effect of Dietary Loading on Structural Determinants of Force Production in the Rat Masseter. Master of Science in Medical Sciences - Anatomy, May 2020.
The objective of this study was to determine if selection for increased breast muscle mass has affected the supracoracoideus muscle's ability to regulate pH during physical activity in turkeys. The lightweight male line (LM) had the greatest breast muscle mass as a percent of bo…
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