Contractile properties and the inheritance of myosin heavy chains in Oreochromis species with different temperature tolerances

Citation

Crockford T, Johnston IA, McAndrew B & Mutungi G (1996) Contractile properties and the inheritance of myosin heavy chains in Oreochromis species with different temperature tolerances. Journal of Fish Biology, 49 (3), pp. 541-544. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.1996.tb00050.x

Abstract
Fast muscle fibres from Oreochromis andersonii generated higher isometric stresses at low temperature than fibres from O. niloticus, a less cold-tolerant species. Hybrid fish showed codominant expression of myosin heavy chain sub-units but the force generating characteristics of fibres resembled those of the O. niloticus phenotype.

Keywords
contractile properties; genetics; fish; myosin; Oreochromis

Journal
Journal of Fish Biology: Volume 49, Issue 3