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Monday, August 30, 2010

Myostatin Deficiency

Myostatin (also known as growth differentiation factor 8) is a secreted TGF beta protein family member that inhibits muscle differentiation and growth. Myostatin is produced primarily in skeletal muscle cells, circulates in the blood and acts on muscle tissue, by binding a cell-bound receptor called the activin type II receptor.[1][2] In humans, myostatin is encoded by the MSTN gene.[3]
Animals lacking myostatin or animals treated with substances such as follistatin that block the binding of myostatin to its receptor have significantly larger muscles. 

Myostatin is active in muscles used for movement (skeletal muscles) both before and after birth. This protein normally restrains muscle growth, ensuring that muscles do not grow too large. Mutations that reduce the production of functional myostatin lead to an overgrowth of muscle tissue. Myostatin-related muscle hypertrophy has a pattern of inheritance known as incomplete autosomal dominance. People with a mutation in both copies of the MSTN gene in each cell (homozygotes) have significantly increased muscle mass and strength. 

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myostatin            

The following are pics of animals and humans with Myostatin Deficiency:

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sandrak.jpg
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Well, I guess eugenicists win this round.

26 comments:

  1. This group of people genetically engineered cows to have that because then its easier to get more meat from them.

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  3. Why couldn't I have been born with this?

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  4. and people actually take that kind of stuff on their own? can't it hurt you ?

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  8. wow looks like some major selective breeding going on there

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  9. Fuck, this reminds me of my dumbbells, I should use them more often...

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  10. Wow , what a huge dog i never seen anyting like that. Hard to believe this is real.

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  11. You didn't explain how I can build muscle like that by only sitting on my computer.

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  12. that dog is kinda.....impressing
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  13. the kid got more muscles than me :(

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  14. Crazy muscles maan.
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  15. SURELY that last one's a shoop.
    SURELY. SHIRLEY, I'M TELLING YOU.

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  18. I dont know why, but I think those dogs might taste good. If only I were Korean.

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  19. Id want to own a horse with all those muscles, double the horse power!

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