Quantitative skeletal muscle histochemistry of four East African ruminants

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 455-472

  Spurway, N C ^a,c,d   Murray, M G ^b   Gilmour, W H ^a   Montgomery, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hartebeest; Semimembranosus; Topi; Vastus lateralis; Waterbuck; Wildebeest

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; AFRICA; ALLOMETRY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BOVIDS; GLYCOLYSIS; LIPOLYSIS; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PHOTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE HISTOCHEMISTRY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THIGH; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE;

AFRICA, EASTERN; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RUMINANTS; THIGH;

EID: 0029967737     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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