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Re: White meat



Domestic selection for taste would exaggerate the trend, but a lot of white meat can be expected in any bird with heavy wingloading that uses anaerobic burst flapping to generate high power.
Jim


----- Original Message ----- From: "David Marjanovic" <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>
To: "DML" <dinosaur@usc.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 3:48 PM
Subject: Re: White meat



White meat is the one with few mitochondria. It can generate a lot of power fast, but not over any extended periods of time. In large numbers mitochondria -- respectively the cytochrome in their inner membranes -- produce the color of dark meat.