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Indeed, it has been
in a reduction in the amount of water that can hypothesized that enough fluid may be lost
be attracted and held by that protein. from the intramyofibrillar space to increase
Additionally, since like charges repel, as the the extramyofibrillar volume by as much as
net charge of the proteins that make up the 1.6 times more than its pre-rigor volume
myofibril approaches zero (diminished net (Bendall and Swatland 1988).
negative or positive charge), repulsion of During the development of rigor, the
structures within the myofibril is reduced, diameter of muscle cells decreases (Hegarty
allowing those structures to pack more 1970; Swatland and Belfry 1985) and is
closely together. The end result of this is a likely the result of transmittal of the lateral
reduction of space within the myofibril. shrinkage of the myofibrils to the entire cell
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