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Probing the limits to muscle-powered accelerations: lessons from jumping bullfrogs
Thomas J. Roberts, Richard L. Marsh
Journal of Experimental Biology 2003 206: 2567-2580; doi: 10.1242/jeb.00452
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Article Information

vol. 206 no. 15, 2567-2580

DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.00452
PubMed 
12819264

Published By 
The Company of Biologists Ltd
Print ISSN 
0022-0949
Online ISSN 
1477-9145
History 
  • Accepted April 10, 2003
  • Published online August 1, 2003.
Copyright & Usage 
© The Company of Biologists Limited 2003


Author Information

  1. Thomas J. Roberts* and
  2. Richard L. Marsh
  1. Biology Department, Northeastern University, 414 Mugar, 360 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA
  1. *↵ Author for correspondence at present address: Oregon State University, Zoology Department, 3029 Cordley Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA (e-mail: robertst{at}bcc.orst.edu)

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