Precocious locomotor behavior begins in the egg: Development of leg muscle patterns for stepping in the chick

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Ryu, Young U ^a   Bradley, Nina S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANKLE; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CELL CYCLE PHASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COORDINATION; EGG; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HATCHLING; LEG MUSCLE; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; ANIMAL; CHICK EMBRYO; HINDLIMB; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HINDLIMB; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 67650314615     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006111     Document Type: Article

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