Mechanical properties of the gastrocnemius aponeurosis in wild turkeys

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 51-58

  Azizi, Emanuel ^a   Halenda, Gregory M ^a   Roberts, Thomas J ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO;

EID: 67749099438     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: 15577023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/icp006     Document Type: Article

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