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Myostatin and Muscle Growth

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Watch this video about myostatin and muscle growth on HowStuffWorks. A gene called myostatin is directly linked to the inhibiting of muscle growth. Learn why some people who lack copies of the myostatin gene have enormous muscles in this video from ScienCentral.

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Myostatin and Muscle Growth (1:31)

Watch this video about myostatin and muscle growth on HowStuffWorks. A gene called myostatin is directly linked to the inhibiting of muscle growth. Learn why some people who lack copies of the myostatin gene have enormous muscles in this video from... More »

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