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Lengthening of lobster muscle fibres by two age-dependent mechanisms

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Fibres of the lobster accessory flexor muscle elongate by 2 mechanisms: an increase in sarcomere length, which is restricted to their early development and by the addition of serial sarcomeres of a relatively constant size, which prevails throughout the life of the animal.

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  1. Scarborough College, University of Toronto, M1C 1A4, West Hill, Ontario, Canada

    C. K. Govind, J. She & F. Lang

  2. Marine Biological Laboratory, Boston University Marine Program, 02543, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA

    C. K. Govind, J. She & F. Lang

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Acknowledgments. Supported by grants from NRC and Muscular Dystrophy Association of Canada to C. K. G. and by NIH-NINDS and Muscular Dystrophy Association of America to F. L. We thank Dr G. D. Bittner for supplying us with a prepublication copy of his paper, Dr I. M. Campbell for advising us in the statistical analysis of the data and Dr H. L. Atwood for criticizing the manuscript.

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Govind, C.K., She, J. & Lang, F. Lengthening of lobster muscle fibres by two age-dependent mechanisms. Experientia 33, 35–36 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01936738

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