Body-building without power training: Endogenously regulated pectoral muscle hypertrophy in confined shorebirds

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 202, Issue 20, 1999, Pages 2831-2837

  Dietz, Maurine W ^a   Piersma, Theunis ^a,b   Dekinga, Anne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Calidris canutus; Endogenous annual rhythm; Intra individual variation; Migration; Pectoral muscle; Red knot; Stomach; Use disuse mechanism

Indexed keywords

CALIDRIS CANUTUS;

EID: 0032741513     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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