Anatomy and histochemistry of spread-wing posture in birds. 3. Immunohistochemistry of flight muscles and the "shoulder lock" in albatrosses

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 263, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 12-29

  Meyers, Ron A ^a   Stakebake, Eric F ^a,b  

^a WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Albatross; Flight; Functional morphology; Immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; FORELIMB; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; WING;

AVES; CICONIIFORMES; DIOMEDEA NIGRIPES; GALLIFORMES; INSERTION SEQUENCES;

EID: 12244257791     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10284     Document Type: Article

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