Pautou M P, Hedayat I, Kieny M
Arch Anat Microsc Morphol Exp. 1982;71(4):193-206.
The splitting pattern and the spatial arrangement of the musculature were studied in the chick tibiotarsal segment. All 15 muscles evolve from the two opposed premuscular masses which become dorsal and ventral to the chondrogenic core before day 5 of incubation. Binary and tertiary divisions and subdivisions of these muscle masses between day 5 and day 7.5 of incubation produce the muscular pattern characteristic of the hind limb zeugopod.
对鸡的胫跗骨段的肌肉组织的分裂模式和空间排列进行了研究。所有15块肌肉均由两个相对的肌肉前体发育而来,在孵化第5天之前,这些前体位于软骨形成核心的背侧和腹侧。在孵化的第5天到第7.5天之间,这些肌肉团块进行二级和三级的划分和细分,形成了后肢zeugopod特有的肌肉模式。