Whole-limb scaling of muscle mass and force-generating capacity in amniotes

Skeletal muscle mass, architecture and force-generating capacity are well known to scale with body size in animals, both throughout ontogeny and across species. Investigations of limb muscle scaling in terrestrial amniotes typically focus on individual muscles within select clades, but here this que...

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Main Authors: Peter J. Bishop, Mark A. Wright, Stephanie E. Pierce
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2021-11-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/12574.pdf