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Moketal.FrontiersinZoology2011,8:31 /content/8/1/31 RESEARCH OpenAccess AnIntermediateintheevolutionofsuperfast sonicmuscles Hin-KiuMok1?,EricParmentier2?,Kuo-HsunChiu1,3,Kai-EnTsai1,Pai-HoChiu1andMichaelLFine4* Abstract Background:Intermediateformsintheevolutionofnewadaptationssuchastransitionsfromwatertolandand theevolutionofflightareoftenpoorlyunderstood.Similarly,theevolutionofsuperfastsonicmusclesinfishes, oftenconsideredthefastestmusclesinvertebrates,hasbeenamysterybecauseslowbladdermovementdoesnot generatesound.Slowmusclesthatstretchtheswimbladderandthenproducesoundduringrecoilhaverec