Thermal acclimation and resultant developmental adaptation offsets environmental temperature effects on tail muscle mechanics in larval zebrafish
Environmental temperature strongly influences muscle contractile mechanics and locomotor performance in ectotherms, yet animals routinely develop across a range of temperatures while maintaining effective movement. We tested the hypothesis that developmental temperature induces compensatory changes in the intrinsic mechanical properties of the muscles that power the fast-start escape response in…
We haven't written up this one. bioRxiv has the full story — the link below goes straight to it.
