How do muscle fibers shorten during contraction?
A) Individual protein filaments contract.
B) Additional cross-bridges are formed between filaments.
C) Arrays of filaments overlap and slide past arrays of another type of filament.
D) Protein filaments coil more tightly.
E) Subunits of protein polymers detach themselves from the larger units.
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