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Testing the use/disuse hypothesis: Pectoral and leg muscle changes in captive barnacle geese Branta leucopsis during wing moult

  • Steven J. Portugal
  • , Susannah K S Thorpe
  • , Jonathan A. Green
  • , Julia P. Myatt
  • , Patrick J. Butler
  • , Steve Portugal

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2403-2410
Number of pages8
JournalJournal of Experimental Biology
Volume212
Issue number15
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Aug 2009

Keywords

  • Barnacle geese
  • Moult
  • Muscle atrophy and hypertrophy
  • Physiological cross sectional area

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