BM showed a trend towards positive allometry for 18/30 muscles (lower limit of the slope’s CI > 0.33), and for the remaining 12 muscles a slope of 0.33 was included in the CIs, so isometry could not be ruled out.
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Ontogenetic scaling patterns and functional anatomy of the pelvic limb musculature in emus (Dromaius novaehollandiae).
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Muscle mass and PCSA showed a marked trend towards positive allometry (26 and 27 out of 34 muscles respectively) and fascicle length showed a more mixed scaling pattern.