9. Conclusion
Over the last fifty years or so, then, it has been very remarkable, and encouraging, to see how the well-directed scientific efforts of many people and many laboratories have been so successful in providing the tools for what were originally almost unimaginable opportunities to explore molecular reality.
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Huxley, H.E. (2005). Early Developments in Muscle Research and the Role of New Structural Technologies. In: Sugi, H. (eds) Sliding Filament Mechanism in Muscle Contraction. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 565. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-24990-7_1
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