Cardiac myosin isoforms have adapted across species to optimize power output, with small rodents exhibiting higher velocities and maintained isometric force across isoforms compared to larger mammals.
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Species-specific myosin kinetics caution against direct rodent-to-human translation; leaves open evolutionary drivers of isoform function in larger mammals.
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