muscle
• mice exhibit a delay in muscle development
• cultured myoblasts exhibit impaired fusion compared to in wild-type myoblasts
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• myonuclear numbers are decreased
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• adult mice exhibit a 22% reduction in muscle fiber diameter
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• increase of medium diameter fiber class is delayed after cardiotoxin injury and small tibialis anterior (TA) muscle fibers are prominent up to day 21, whereas large fibers are rarely observed
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