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The effect of exercise on the growth of mitochondria and myofibrils in the flight muscles of the tsetse fly, Glossina morsitans
Author(s) -
Anderson M.,
Finlayson L. H.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
journal of morphology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.652
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1097-4687
pISSN - 0362-2525
DOI - 10.1002/jmor.1051500205
Subject(s) - myofibril , glossina morsitans , biology , tsetse fly , mitochondrion , dorsum , anatomy , biophysics , microbiology and biotechnology , biochemistry , zoology , ecology
Exercise affects the growth of the dorsal longitudinal flight muscles in the tsetse fly. Examination of electron micrographs of flight muscles taken from flies subjected to enforced exercise, “ormal” exercise and no exercise reveals that both mitochondrial and myofibrillar fractions of the muscles are stimulated to grow at a faster rate by enforced exercise but that the mitochondria respond more rapidly.