Muscle plasticity of Inuit sled dogs in Greenland

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1131-1139

  Gerth, Nadine ^a   Sum, Steffen ^b   Jackson, Sue ^c   Starck, J Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Exercise; Muscle ultrastructure; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOG; ECHOGRAPHY; GREENLAND; HISTOLOGY; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PHYSIOLOGY; SARCOMERE; SEASON; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TEMPERATURE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; DOGS; GREENLAND; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; MITOCHONDRIA; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; SARCOMERES; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 63849333583     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.028324     Document Type: Article

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