Morphological and morphometric analysis of skeletal muscle between male and female young adult Colossoma macropomum (Characiformes: Serrasalmidae)

ABSTRACT This study aimed to evaluate muscle organization in tambaqui in order to describe the muscle growth process. We analyzed the morphometric pattern of fibers from white muscle of young-adults (300 days) by smaller diameter. The organization of white muscle exhibited a typical morphological pa...

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Main Authors: Fernanda De Mello, Daruzi Felippe, Leandro C. Godoy, Nívia Lothhammer, Luis R. J. Guerreiro, Danilo P. Streit Jr.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Ictiologia
Series:Neotropical Ichthyology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-62252016000200206&lng=en&tlng=en