Anatomy and histochemistry of flight muscles in a wing-propelled diving bird, the Atlantic puffin, Fratercula arctica

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 244, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 109-125

  Kovacs, Christopher E ^a   Meyers, Ron A ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CYTOCHEMISTRY; DIVING; FLYING; FORELIMB; HISTOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; DIVING; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; WING;

ALCIDAE; ANIMALIA; AVES; CICONIIFORMES; FRATERCULA ARCTICA; LARIDAE; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 0034065628     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4687(200005)244:2<109::AID-JMOR2>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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