| Effects of Training and Testosterone on Muscle Fiber Types and Locomotor Performance in Male Six-Lined Racerunners (Aspidoscelis sexlineata). | |
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PMID: 21743253 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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Abstract Testosterone (T) is thought to affect a variety of traits important for fitness, including coloration, the size of sexual ornaments, aggression, and locomotor performance. Here, we investigated the effects of experimentally elevated T and locomotor training on muscle physiology and running performance in a nonterritorial male lizard species (Aspidoscelis sexlineata). Additionally, several morphological attributes were quantified to examine other characters that are likely affected by T and/or a training regimen. Neither training alone nor training with T supplementation resulted in increased locomotor performance. Instead, we found that T and training resulted in a decrease in each of three locomotor performance variables as well as in hematocrit, ventral coloration, and testis size. Strikingly, neither the size nor the fiber composition of the iliofibularis or gastrocnemius muscles was different among the two treatments or a group of untrained control animals. Hence, the relationships among T, training, and associated characters are not clear. Our results offer important insights for those hoping to conduct laboratory manipulations on nonmodel organisms and highlight the challenges of studying both training effects and the effects of steroid hormones on locomotor performance. |
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Jennifer L O'Connor; Lance D McBrayer; Timothy E Higham; Jerry F Husak; Ignacio T Moore; David C Rostal |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Physiological and biochemical zoology : PBZ Volume: 84 ISSN: 1537-5293 ISO Abbreviation: Physiol. Biochem. Zool. Publication Date: 2011 Jul-Aug |
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Created Date: 2011-07-11 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 100883369 Medline TA: Physiol Biochem Zool Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 394-405 Citation Subset: IM |
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Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia 30460; 2Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29634; 3Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061. |
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