鸡 / Chicken

My embryos help scientists study limb-building instructions shared with mammals—your arms and chicken wings make intriguing classmates!
我的胚胎帮助科学家研究和哺乳动物共享的肢体建造程序——你的胳膊和鸡翅，是有趣的同班同学！

Sources
Sequence and comparative analysis of the chicken genome provide unique perspectives on vertebrate evolution
https://www.nature.com/articles/nature03154
Requirement for BMP signaling in interdigital apoptosis and scale formation.
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.272.5262.738
Species reference
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken

Research context
Chickens connect dinosaur ancestry with an accessible developmental model. Their embryos help test how vertebrate limbs, faces and organs are patterned, including mechanisms shared with mammals.