The Kinematics of Swimming in Larvae of the Clawed Frog, Xenopus Laevis
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- 1 May 1986
- journal article
- Published by The Company of Biologists in Journal of Experimental Biology
- Vol. 122 (1) , 1-12
- https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.122.1.1
Abstract
The kinematics of swimming in larval Xenopus laevis has been studied using computer-assisted analysis of high-speed (200 frames s−1) ciné records. The major findings are as follows.Keywords
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