Variations in take-off velocity of anuran amphibians: Relation to morphology, muscle contractile function and enzyme activity

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Physiology

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 393-400

  Choi, I N ^a   Park, K ^a  

^a Yonsei University Wonju   (South Korea)

Author keywords

body size; Bombina orientalis; citrate synthase; lactate dehydrogenase; Rana nigromaculata; Rana rugosa; rate of force production; take off velocity; tetanic force

Indexed keywords

CITRATE SYNTHASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EID: 0029896480     PISSN: 03009629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0300-9629(95)02081-0     Document Type: Article

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