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Phenotypic flexibility of skeletal muscles during long-distance migration of garden warblers: muscle changes are differentially related to body mass.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - 1 Jun 2005
Bauchinger Ulf, Biebach Herbert
Abstract excerpt
Mass changes of skeletal muscles occur in a variety of species during the migratory period. Phenotypic flexibility of flight muscle mass is considered to represent adaptations of the flight muscle to changing power requirements associated with changes in body mass. We analyzed the relationship between muscle masses and body mass for garden warblers (Sylvia borin) sampled during spring migration in Tanzania,...
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