Figure 4. Simultaneous insertion and end addition of sarcomeres under longitudinal stretch.
Approximately 30 min after the start of stretch, one myofibril increased its length through end addition of sarcomeres. During a 120-min period, four new sarcomeres were added. At approximately 100 min, the middle of the myofibril broke, and two new sarcomeres inserted during a 90-min period. At approximately 230 min, the myofibril broke again the same site. Scale bars: 20 μm.