Overview Academic/Research Interest Areas

Vertebrate Skeletal Muscle Structure and Function

Recent Publications

Crockett, C.J. and S.E. Peters 2008. Hindlimb muscle fiber types in two frogs (Rana catesbeiana and Litoria caerulea) with different locomotor behaviors: histochemical and enzymatic comparison. J. Morphol. 269:365-374.

Clark, D.L. and S.E. Peters 2006. Isometric contractile properties of sexually dimorphic forelimb muscles in the marine toad, Bufo marinus: functional analysis and implications for amplexus. J. Exp. Biol. 209:3448-3456.

Corvidae, E.L., R.O. Bierregaard and S.E. Peters 2006. Comparison of wing morphology in three birds of prey: Correlations with differences in flight behavior. J. Morphol. 267:612-622.

Chadwell, B.A., H.J. Hartwell and S.E. Peters 2002. Comparison of isometric contractile properties in hindlimb extensor muscles of the frogs Rana pipiens and Bufo marinus: Functional correlations with differences in hopping performance. J. Morphol. 251:309-322.

Peters, S.E. and D.A. Aulner 2000. Sexual dimorphism in forelimb muscles of the bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana: A functional analysis of isometric contractile properties. J. Exp. Biol. 203:3639-3654.

Educational Background

B.S., Zoology, Northern Arizona University, 1973

M.S., Biology, Northern Arizona University, 1974

Ph.D., Zoology (Vertebrate Morphology), University of California at Davis, 1980