Sexual dimorphism in histological characteristics and contractility of the iliofibularis muscle in the lizard Sceloporus torquatus Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • The iliofibularis is a hindlimb muscle used in lizard locomotion that is composed of at least three types of fibres: fast-twitch-glycolytic (FG), fast-twitch-oxidativeglycolytic fibre (FOG) and slow-twitch-oxidative (SO). The striated skeletalmuscle is a