Thermal acclimation in rainbow smelt, Osmerus mordax, leads to faster myotomal muscle contractile properties and improved swimming performance

Biology Open

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 343-350

  Woytanowski, John R ^a   Coughlin, David J ^a  

^a WIDENER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Isometric contractile properties; Muscle; Myosin heavy chain; Myotomal muscle; Parvalbumin; Shortening velocity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84965078760     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20466390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/bio.20133509     Document Type: Article

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