A5040610064- Physiological and biochemical adaptations
- Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology
- Sports Performance and Training
- Ichthyology and Marine Biology
- Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Bone Tumor Diagnosis and Treatments
- Coronary Artery Anomalies
- Marine animal studies overview
- Amphibian and Reptile Biology
- Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Muscle Physiology and Disorders
- Marine and fisheries research
University of California, Irvine
2016-2020
University of Rhode Island
2014
Sharks have cartilaginous elements that support the jaws and are subjected to variable loads. The aim of this study was understand how these elements, hyomandibulae, respond compressive loads, describe structural level mechanical properties mineralized cartilage. Mechanical stiffness effective Poisson's ratio hyomandibular cartilage were measured in four species sharks (white-spotted bamboo, Chiloscyllium plagiosum; spiny dogfish, Squalus acanthias; sandbar, Carcharhinus plumbeus; dusky...
The southern alligator lizard ( Elgaria multicarinata ) exhibits a courtship behaviour during which the male firmly grips female's head in his jaws for many hours at time. This extreme counters conventional wisdom that reptilian muscle is incapable of powering high-endurance behaviours. We conducted situ experiments jaw-adductor muscles lizards were stimulated directly while bite force was measured simultaneously. Fatigue tests performed by stimulating with series tetanic trains. Our results...
Extended periods of skeletal muscle disuse can cause a significant loss contractile proteins, which compromises the ability to generate force, mechanical work or power, thus compromising locomotor performance. Several hibernating organisms resist atrophy despite months inactivity. This resistance has been attributed reduction in body temperature and metabolic rate activation physiological pathways that counteract protein degradation. However, these systems such strategies are not mutually...