Fibre type regionalization of forelimb muscles in two mammalian species, Galea musteloides (Rodentia, Caviidae) and Tupaia belangeri (Scandentia, Tupaiidae), with comments on postnatal myogenesis

Zoomorphology

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 117-126

  Von Mering, Friedhelm ^a   Fischer, Martin S ^a  

^a Evolutionsbiologie mit Phyletischem Museum   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVIIDAE; GALEA MUSTELOIDES; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA; SCANDENTIA; TUPAIA BELANGERI; TUPAIIDAE;

EID: 0033456561     PISSN: 0720213X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004350050086     Document Type: Article

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