Architectural gear ratio and muscle fiber strain homogeneity in segmented musculature

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Volumn 307, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 145-155

  Azizi, Emanuel ^a,b   Brainerd, Elizabeth L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; MUSCLE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; SWIMMING;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ANIMALS; MUSCLE FIBERS; SWIMMING; URODELA;

AMPHIBIA; PISCES; SALAMANDROIDEA; SIREN LACERTINA;

EID: 33847783017     PISSN: 19325223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.a.358     Document Type: Article

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