Bite force is limited by the force-length relationship of skeletal muscle in black carp, Mylopharyngodon piceus

Biology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Gidmark, Nicholas J ^a   Konow, Nicolai ^a   LoPresti, Eric ^a   Brainerd, Elizabeth L ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bite force; Cyprinidae; Jaw; Pharyngeal; XROMM

Indexed keywords

CYPRINID; FEEDING; FOOD CONSUMPTION; MUSCLE; PREY SIZE; SKELETON; SNAIL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY SIZE; CARP; CINERADIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HISTOLOGY; JAW; MASTICATION; PHARYNGEAL MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BITE FORCE; BODY SIZE; CARPS; CINERADIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; JAW; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHARYNGEAL MUSCLES; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VIDEO RECORDING;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874159078     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2012.1181     Document Type: Article

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