Muscle structure and function

Applied Muscle Biology and Meat Science

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1-46

  Swartz, Darl R ^a   Greaser, Marion L ^b   Cantino, Marie E ^c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

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