Effects of training and testosterone on muscle fiber types and locomotor performance in male six-lined racerunners (Aspidoscelis sexlineata)

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 394-405

  O'Connor, Jennifer L ^a   McBrayer, Lance D ^a   Higham, Timothy E ^b   Husak, Jerry F ^c,d   Moore, Ignacio T ^c   Rostal, David C ^a  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

AGGRESSION; BODY SIZE; COLOR; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FITNESS; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LIZARD; LOCOMOTION; MALE BEHAVIOR; MORPHOLOGY; MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; COLOR; EXERCISE; HEMATOCRIT; HISTOLOGY; LIZARD; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING; SEASON; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TESTIS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; COLOR; FLORIDA; HEMATOCRIT; LIZARDS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL EXERTION; RUNNING; SEASONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMALIA; ASPIDOSCELIS SEXLINEATA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 80051500595     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/660850     Document Type: Article

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