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Electron Microscopy of Post-mortem Changes in Porcine Muscle

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MARKED changes were noted in porcine muscle during the initial 24-h post-mortem period. These changes were of particular interest in relation to muscle structure and water-binding, as described by Briskey and Wismer-Pedersen1.

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  1. Department of Meat and Animal Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison

    R. G. CASSENS & E. J. BRISKEY

  2. Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison

    W. G. HOEKSTRA

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CASSENS, R., BRISKEY, E. & HOEKSTRA, W. Electron Microscopy of Post-mortem Changes in Porcine Muscle. Nature 197, 1119–1120 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/1971119a0

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