Testing a muscle's design

American Scientist

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 356-363

  Rome, Lawrence C ^a,b,c,d,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

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