HDAC Human Developmental Anatomy Center NMHM
   
    Wing - Limb Development
Home
Anatomy
Collections
Comparative
     Phylogenic Tree
     Limb Development
         Hand
             Chipmunk
             Monkey
             Mouse
             Rat
         Foot
             Human Feet
             Divergent
                 Evolution
         Wing
             Convergent
                 Evolution
         Hoof
     Info
History
Database
Policies
Projects
Reference
  Learn about Convergent Evolution in relation to bat and chicken wings

Bat Wing vs. Chicken Wing
Bat Wings

The Bat is a mammal whose closest relative branch is that of the primates. Bats develop inside their mother gaining essential nutrients via the placenta. There are many different types of bats including the myotis lucifungus, the myotis californicus and the myotis velifer which are the bat specimens in the H. D. A. C. collection.

Chicken Wings

The chicken is a bird. It hatches from an egg that is incubated outside of the mother chicken. The chicken was instrumental in embryology as the developing chicken can be observed while still within the egg.