Skeletal muscle characterization of Japanese quail line selectively bred for lower body weight as an avian model of delayed muscle growth with hypoplasia

This study was designed to extensively characterize the skeletal muscle development in the low weight (LW) quail selected from random bred control (RBC) Japanese quail in order to provide a new avian model of impaired and delayed growth in physically normal animals. The LW line had smaller embryo an...

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Published in:PloS one 2014-04, Vol.9 (4), p.e95932
Main Authors: Choi, Young Min, Suh, Yeunsu, Shin, Sangsu, Lee, Kichoon
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animal sciences
Animals
Biology and Life Sciences
Body Weight
Breeding
Cell cycle
Chemical properties
Comparative analysis
Growth
Growth rate
Health aspects
Hypoplasia
Major Histocompatibility Complex
Medicine and Health Sciences
Models, Animal
Muscle Development
Muscle Fibers, Skeletal - cytology
Muscle proteins
Muscles
Musculoskeletal system
MyoD protein
Myogenesis
Myogenin
Myogenin - metabolism
Myosin
Myosin Heavy Chains - metabolism
Myotubes
Neonates
Nuclei
Pectoralis Muscles - embryology
Pectoralis Muscles - growth & development
Pectoralis Muscles - metabolism
Physiological aspects
Poultry
Quail
Quails
Research and Analysis Methods
Skeletal muscle
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Summary:This study was designed to extensively characterize the skeletal muscle development in the low weight (LW) quail selected from random bred control (RBC) Japanese quail in order to provide a new avian model of impaired and delayed growth in physically normal animals. The LW line had smaller embryo and body weights than the RBC line in all age groups (P
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0095932