Gender and Fat Gain
Females (yellow) accumulate more fat over-all than males (red). But, after about 7.6 MEI, males' fat gain begins to increase dramatically compared to females' steady fat gain rate. This point corresponds to the protein gain plateau (previous diagram). Therefore, feeding males more food will not lead to better growth performance after a certain point; it will only make them fatter.
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Medicine
Faculty: Dr. Paul Pitcher
Student: Sandra Springer,'99