Histochemistry of flight muscles in the
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Dr. John W. Hermanson; Dr. Robert C. Foehring
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Article
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1988
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Two fast-twitch fiber types are histochemically identified in the primary flight muscles of Artibeus jamaicensis. These are classified as type IIa and IIb according to an acid-preincubation staining protocol for myosin ATPase. All fibers in the bat flight muscles exhibit relatively intense staining