Fish muscle: The exceptional case of notothenioids

• Published in: Fish Physiology and Biochemistry
• Main Authors: Fernandez, Daniel Alfredo, Calvo, Jorge
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer
• Subjects: FIBER SIZE; FISH MUSCLE; MUSCLE GROWTH; NOTOTHENIOIDS; TEMPERATURE; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; Fernandez; Antarc*; antarcticus; Salmo salar
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/125925

Fish skeletal muscle is an excellent model for studying muscle structure and function, since it has a very well-structured arrangement with different fiber types segregated in the axial and pectoral fin muscles. The morphological and physiological characteristics of the different muscle fiber types...