Evolution of Flight Muscle Contractility and Energetic Efficiency
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DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2020.01038
Abstract: The powered flight of animals requires efficient and sustainable contractions of the wing muscles of various flying species. Despite their high degree of phylogenetic divergence, flight muscles in insects and vertebrates are striated muscles with… read more here.
Keywords: flight muscles; energetic efficiency; flight; evolution flight ... See more keywords