Muscle
n
Type I
Type IIA
Type IIB
AM
10
4.64 ± 0.99
18.88 ± 6.20
76.48 ± 5.37
BF
10
2.90 ± 1.35
8.58 ± 1.18
88.52 ± 0.52
PCT
10
11.78 ± 3.27
3.72 ± 0.46
84.50 ± 3.57
RF
10
1.00 ± 1.00
0.00 ± 0.00
99.00 ± 1.00
SRT
10
1.90 ± 1.43
0.00 ± 0.00
98.10 ± 1.43
SM
10
1.22 ± 1.14
2.14 ± 1.62
96.64 ± 2.17
SMA
10
100 ± 0.00
0.00 ± 0.00
0.00 ± 0.00
ST
10
1.62 ± 0.61
4.68 ± 0.63
93.70 ± 0.70
TFL
10
1.82 ± 1.31
4.16 ± 1.41
94.02 ± 2.19
VL
10
5.24 ± 1.78
8.04 ± 3.26
86.72 ± 3.33
VM
10
1.42 ± 1.41
1.08 ± 0.72
97.50 ± 1.97
Table 1:
Proportion (means ± S.D.) of type I, type IIA and type IIB, expressed as a percentage of 300 fibres counted in thigh muscle of grass cutter (
Thryonomys swinderianus,
Temminck 1827).
