Isometric contractile properties of sexually dimorphic forelimb muscles in the marine toad Bufo marinus Linnaeus 1758: Functional analysis and implications for amplexus

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 3448-3456

  Clark, Douglas Lee ^a   Peters, Susan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amplexus; Anura; Bufo marinus; Muscle; Rana catesbeiana

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FORELIMB; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOAD;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BUFO MARINUS; FEMALE; FORELIMB; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANURA; BUFO; BUFO MARINUS; RANA CATESBEIANA;

EID: 33749577255     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02396     Document Type: Article

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