FUNCTIONAL-MORPHOLOGY OF TOADFISH SONIC MUSCLE-FIBERS - RELATIONSHIP TO POSSIBLE FIBER DIVISION

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FINE, ML [1 ]
BERNARD, B [1 ]
HARRIS, TM [1 ]
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[1] VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIV,DEPT ANAT,RICHMOND,VA 23298
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CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY-REVUE CANADIENNE DE ZOOLOGIE | 1993年 / 71卷 / 11期
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10.1139/z93-318
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Q95 [动物学];
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071002 ;
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Sexually dimorphic sonic muscles, which vibrate the swimbladder for sound production in the oyster toadfish (Opsanus tau), are among the fastest vertebrate muscles. Previous work has shown that sonic muscle fibers are smaller in males, have an unusual morphology, and increase in number and size for life. We now report evidence consistent with the hypothesis that mature, presumably postmitotic, sonic fibers divide, and suggest that division, which returns fibers to small energy-efficient units, is necessary because mitochondria are excluded from the fiber's contractile cylinder. Large fibers, potential candidates for division, develop fragments of contractile cylinder separated by channels of an expanded sarcoplasmic reticulum; these channels can assume the appearance of the sarcoplasm (glycogen granules and mitochondria) beneath the sarcolemma. Measurements indicate that contractile cylinder diameter does not increase with fish size and that diameters are approximately 21% larger in females (p < 0.0001). Fiber fragmentation, possible division, and the presence of smaller fibers with smaller diameter contractile cylinders in males are seen as adaptations for repeated rapid contraction and fatigue resistance during production of the male's courtship boatwhistle call.
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