Structural correlates of speed and endurance in skeletal muscle: The rattlesnake tailshaker muscle

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 199, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 351-358

  Schaeffer, Paul J ^a   Conley, Kevin E ^b   Lindstedt, Stan L ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Crotalus atrox; Mitochondrial oxygen consumption; Muscle structure; Western diamondback rattlesnake

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000272428     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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