... slow muscle splice variants teleost temporal gene expression profile thyroid hormones Fish are an interesting alternative model in which to study muscle development and growth. In contrast to mammals and birds in which muscle hyperplasia stops at, or shortly after, birth, in fish...

... is a phasic activity, it is produced by tonic (i.e. slow) muscle fibres. The intercostal muscles are also involved in postural and locomotor movements of the trunk. However, such movements employ twitch as well as slow fibres of the intercostal muscles. * Present address: Department of Zoology, 4079...

... 2 1983 7 6 1983 © 1983 by Company of Biologists 1983 Muscle mechanics Crustacea slow muscle It is widely recognized ( Rack & Westbury, 1969 ; Partridge, 1979 ) that the mechanical properties of muscles and their regulation by the central nervous system represent...