Ontogeny of Locomotor Muscle Function in Turtles

Blob, Richard W.

Abstract

Funding Agency

• Agency: National Institute of Health (NIH)
• Institute: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
• Type: Postdoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F32)
• Project #: 5F32NS010813-02
• Application #: 6165368
• Study Section: Special Emphasis Panel (ZRG4-GRM (09))
• Program Officer: Michel, Mary E
• Project Start: 2000-03-01
• Budget Start: 2000-03-01
• Budget End: 2001-02-28
• Support Year: 2
• Fiscal Year: 2000
• Total Cost: $32,416

Institution

• Name: Field Museum of Natural History
• City: Chicago
• State: IL
• Country: United States
• Zip Code: 60605

Publications

Pace, C M; Blob, R W; Westneat, M W (2001) Comparative kinematics of the forelimb during swimming in red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta) and spiny softshell (Apalone spinifera) turtles. J Exp Biol 204:3261-71

Gillis, G B; Blob, R W (2001) How muscles accommodate movement in different physical environments: aquatic vs. terrestrial locomotion in vertebrates. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 131:61-75