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Normal mammalian skeletal muscle and its phenotypic plasticity.
The Journal of experimental biology - 1 Aug 2002
Hoppeler Hans, Flück Martin
Abstract excerpt
Since muscle mass makes up such a high proportion of total body mass, there must have been considerable selective pressure to minimize the cost of maintenance and to maximize the functionality of muscle tissue for all species. Phenotypic plasticity of muscle tissue allows the species blueprint of muscle tissue to be modified to accommodate specific demands experienced by animals over their lifetime. In this...
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