Functional Segregation within the Muscles of Aquatic Propulsion in the Asiatic Water Monitor (Varanus salvator)

Water monitor lizards (Varanus salvator) swim using sinusoidal oscillations generated at the base of their long (50% of total body length) tail. In an effort to determine which level of the structural/organizational hierarchy of muscle is associated with functional segregation between the muscles o...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Physiology
Main Authors:	Bruce Arthur Young, Jessica Dumais, Nicholas John, Brandon Lyons, Andrew Macduff, Matthew Most, Nathan A. Reiser, Peter J Reiser
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-09-01
Subjects:	Electromyography myosin heavy chain appendicular muscles axial muscles Work loops Muscle histochemistry
Online Access:	http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fphys.2016.00380/full