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A Beetle Flight Muscle Displays Leg Muscle Microstructure

In contrast to major flight muscles in the Mecynorrhina torquata beetle, the third axillary (3Ax) muscle is a minor flight muscle that uniquely displays a powerful mechanical function despite its considerably small volume, ∼1/50 that of a major flight muscle. The 3Ax muscle contracts relatively slow...

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Autores principales: Shimomura, Toshiki, Iwamoto, Hiroyuki, Vo Doan, Tat Thang, Ishiwata, Shin’ichi, Sato, Hirotaka, Suzuki, Madoka
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Biophysical Society 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5034364/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27653488
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2016.08.013