Imagine you have extracted myosin molecules from both fast and slow muscle fibers and are measuring the rate at which these proteins hydrolyze ATP. What would these relative rates of ATP hydrolysis be?

A. fast fiber > slow fiber
B. slow fiber > fast fiber
C. slow fiber = fast fiber


A. fast fiber > slow fiber

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A parasitic disease known as Schistosomiasis is caused by several species of flatworms in the

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