Expression of Myosin Heavy Chain Isoforms in the Supraspinatus Muscle of Different Primate Species: Implications for the Study of the Adaptation of Primate Shoulder Muscles to Different Locomotor Modes

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 931-944

  Potau, Josep Maria ^a   Artells, Rosa ^a   Bello, Gaëlle ^a   Muñoz, Carmen ^a   Monzó, Mariano ^a   Pastor, Juan Francisco ^b   de Paz, Félix ^b   Barbosa, Mercedes ^b   Diogo, Rui ^c   Wood, Bernard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^c THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Myosin heavy chain; Primate locomotion; Real time polymerase chain reaction; Supraspinatus

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; LOCOMOTION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; MUSCLE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTURE; PRIMATE; REAL TIME;

PRIMATES;

EID: 79960447065     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-011-9512-0     Document Type: Article

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