Myogenic patterns in teleosts: what does the present evidence really suggest?
As yet, our understanding of teleost muscle development has relied upon interpretation of a variety of studies of a small number of different species, spanning the tropics to the North Atlantic, sea water to fresh water. The zebrafish Danio rerio has become the most widely used model species for lab...
| Published in: | Journal of Fish Biology |
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| Main Authors: | , , |
| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
1999
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.1999.tb01047.x https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1095-8649.1999.tb01047.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1095-8649.1999.tb01047.x |
| Summary: | As yet, our understanding of teleost muscle development has relied upon interpretation of a variety of studies of a small number of different species, spanning the tropics to the North Atlantic, sea water to fresh water. The zebrafish Danio rerio has become the most widely used model species for laboratory‐based investigations of the earliest steps of developing muscle architecture. The present pattern of teleost muscle formation is likely to provide a common basis for understanding the variety of mechanisms that control myogenesis, but is not yet tested for its applicability to fish from a wide variety of teleost taxa. Using examples from different areas of developmental research in fish, it is argued that a more flexible and dynamic scheme of muscle development needs to be envisaged. This would extend the present basic pattern to encompass expression of the full spectrum of ecological and evolutionary variation, particularly in relation to rate of muscle development and final morphology. |
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