... mitochondrial abundance in the leg muscles, especially adjacent to the cell membrane and nearest to capillaries. Mitochondria Locomotion Exercise performance Hypoxia Muscle ultrastructure University of Miami http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100006686 310331-01 Wellcome Trust...

.... Muscle fiber diameter Muscle ultrastructure Myonuclear domain The avian pectoralis muscle is responsible for the downstroke during wing beats ( Torrella et al., 1998 ), and this muscle complex is one of the largest organs in birds, as it accounts for up to 17–25% of their total body mass...

... within cells. The anti-oxidant system deters oxidative damage to macromolecules. We examined oxidative stress and muscle ultrastructure in thick-billed murres aged 8 to 37 years ( N =50) in pectoralis muscle biopsies. When considered in general linear models with body mass, body size and sex...

..., and not via changes in the molecular species of MHC present. * Author for correspondence ( [email protected] ) 11 12 2009 © 2010. 2010 cephalopod jet locomotion mechanics obliquely striated muscle hydrodynamics ontogeny muscle ultrastructure Muscle fibers can...

... of contractile filaments all increase with increasing workload and food supply while the capillary network remains unchanged. * Author for correspondence (e-mail: [email protected] ) 22 1 2009 2009 exercise muscle ultrastructure nutrition Life in the Arctic is governed by strong...

... myotome red muscle aerobic capacity myoglobin muscle ultrastructure scaling allometry Lamnidae Scombridae Isurus Lamna Alopias Mustelus Triakis Prionace A marked evolutionary convergence has been demonstrated for the lamnid sharks (order Lamniformes; family Lamnidae...

... flight muscle Manduca muscle ultrastructure motor patterns insect muscle The wings of a flying insect move in a complicated path that may vary from stroke to stroke. The movements relative to the long axis of the body can be approximated at the wing tip by a distorted figure eight...

... by the tymbal muscles of Okanagana vanduzeei . 4 4 1979 © 1985 by Company of Biologists 1985 Insect muscle tymbal muscle cicada sound production contraction kinetics muscle ultrastructure Insect muscles are divisible into two classes on the basis of the neural control...