Made available in DSpace on 2018-11-26T16:17:19Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2015-11-03; Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP); Pacu (Piaractus mesopotamicus) is a Brazilian fish with a high economic value in pisciculture due to its rusticity and fast growth. Postnatal growth of skeletal muscle in fish occurs by hyperplasia and/or hypertrophy, processes that are depe...