... in hindlimb and head muscles, testing the hypothesis that morphophysiological models explain ontogenetic variation in behavioural associations. Our prediction is that juveniles exhibit body shape and muscle biochemistry that enhance flight strategies. We identified biochemical differences between muscles...

... and metabolic function. * Author for correspondence at present address: Department of Zoology, Weber State University, Ogden, UT 84408-2505, USA (e-mail: [email protected] ) 8 5 2003 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2003 2003 Lamnidae shark elasmobranch muscle biochemistry...