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Results of unilateral Achilles tenotomy on male rats, after 2–6 weeks, showed conclusively that the Z-lines of tenotomized muscles are significantly wider than those of control, nontenotomized muscles.
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Acknowledgments. We would like to thank Paul Toselli, David Sack and Kathleen Finneran for their assistance with this project. This investigation was supported in part by NIH Grant No. HL 15462.
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Chase, D., Ullrick, W.C. Changes in Z-disc width of vertebrate skeletal muscle following tenotomy. Experientia 33, 1177–1178 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01922312
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