...James M. Wakeling SUMMARY Muscle fibres have a range of contractile properties from fast to slow. Traditional understanding of muscle fibre recruitment suggests that the slower fibres within a mixed muscle are used for all contractions including those at rapid speeds. However, mechanical arguments...

.... For example, FN max in Chaenocephalus aceratus (12 700±300, mean ± s . e . m ., N =18) was only 7.7% of the value found in Eleginops maclovinus (164 000±4100, N =17), which reaches a similar maximum length (85 cm). Postembryonic muscle fibre recruitment in teleost fish normally involves stratified followed...

... circles represent the heated group. The lines represent linear regressions (see text for details). muscle growth myogenic cells muscle fibre recruitment temperature growth developmental plasticity fish Salmo salar Many species of teleost fish exhibit indeterminate growth...