Variation in the Muscles and Nerves of the Leg in Two Genera of Grouse (Tympanuchus and Pedioecetes)Holmes, E. Bruce
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Variation in the Muscles and Nerves of the Leg in Two Genera of Grouse (Tympanuchus and Pedioecetes)
Holmes, E. Bruce
Leg -- Innervation; Leg -- Muscles; Sharp-tailed grouse; Tympanuchus
=========+========+===============++===========++======++===========+=====
| Other | T.p. || T.c.p. ||T.c.a.|| P.p. |
| leg +---------------++-----------++------++-----------+ No
Leg |of same |1|1|2|2|3|3|4|5||1|1|2|2|3|4||1|1|2 ||1|1|2|3|3|4|other
|specimen|L|R|L|R|L|R|L|R||L|R|L|R|L|L||L|R|L ||L|R|L|L|R|L| legs
---------+--------+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-++-+-+-+-+-+-++-+-+--++-+-+-+-+-+-+-----
T.p. 1L | 1 |-|-|1|2|1|1|2|1||1|1|1|1|1| || | |1 ||1|2| |1| |1| 0
T.p. 2L | 5 |1| |-|-| |2|1|3|| | | | | |1||2|2|2 ||1|2|1|2|1| | 1
T.p. 3R | 3 |1| |2|1|-|-| |1|| | | | | | ||1|1|1 || |1|1|1|1| | 1
T.c.p. 1R| 1 |1|1| |1| | |1|1||-|-|2|1|2| || | |1 || | | | | | | 0
T.c.p. 2L| 2 |1|1| |1| | |1|1||1|2|-|-|2| || | |1 || | | | | | | 1
T.c.a. 1R| 1 | | |2|1| |1| |1|| | | | | |1||-|-|1 || |1| | |1| | 2
P.p. 1R | 3 |2| |2|1| |1|1|1|| | | | |1| || |1|1 ||-|-|1|2|2|3| 1
P.p. 3L | 2 |1| |2|1| |1| | || | | | | | ||1| | || |2|3|-|-|2| 2
---------+--------+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-++-+-+-+-+-+-++-+-+--++-+-+-+-+-+-+-----
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