Asymmetrical hatching behaviors: The development of postnatal motor laterality in three precocial bird species

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 123-135

  Casey, Michael B ^a  

^a 931 College Mall   (United States)

Author keywords

Domestic chicks; Footedness; Hatching; Motor laterality; Prenatal development; Quail; Turning bias

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG SHELL; FEMALE; FOOT; HATCHING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; QUAIL; SPECIES;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHICKENS; COLINUS; COTURNIX; FOOT; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; INCUBATORS; LIGHT; MAZE LEARNING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ROTATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BIAS (BIRD); COLINUS VIRGINIANUS; COTURNIX JAPONICA; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 27544510267     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.20078     Document Type: Article

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