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Structural Changes in Muscle During Contraction: Interference Microscopy of Living Muscle Fibres

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  1. R. NIEDERGERKE: George Henry Lewes Student; with support from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft.

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HUXLEY, A., NIEDERGERKE, R. Structural Changes in Muscle During Contraction: Interference Microscopy of Living Muscle Fibres. Nature 173, 971–973 (1954). https://doi.org/10.1038/173971a0

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