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SEVERAL authors have reported changes in the mechanical response of muscle during development. In the kitten, Buller et al. found that, until 6 weeks after birth, the response of white muscles such as the extensor digitorum longus becomes progressively faster1. Red muscles such as the soleus also undergo an initial decrease in the time course of the response but do not become as fast as the white muscles. Similar results have been obtained with postnatal rats2. Behavioural studies have shown that the first movements in some embryos are also slow; for example, in Amblystoma3, Fundulus4 and the locust Schistocerca5.
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TYRER, N. Time Course of Contraction and Relaxation in Embryonic Locust Muscle. Nature 224, 815–817 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/224815a0
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