Postural role of lateral axial muscles in developing bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue 1542, 2004, Pages 909-918

  Etnier, Shelley A ^a,c   Dearolf, Jennifer L ^b   McLellan, William A ^a   Pabst, D Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^b HENDRIX COLLEGE   (United States)

^c BUTLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Fibre types; Myoglobin; Posture

Indexed keywords

MYOGLOBIN;

DOLPHIN; MUSCLE; POSTURE;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBER; HISTOLOGY; HYPOTHESIS; LIFE HISTORY; LOCOMOTION; MORPHOLOGY; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CORYPHAENIDAE; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 2342620119     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2683     Document Type: Article

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