The asymmetry of avian egg-shape: An adaptation for reproduction on dry land

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 210, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 741-748

  Mao, Kun Ming ^a   Murakami, Ayako ^a   Iwasawa, Atsushi ^a   Yoshizaki, Norio ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Air chamber; Fertile egg; Hatchability; Quail; Shell membrane

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG SHELL; EMBRYO; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPITHELIUM; FERTILIZATION; FOWL; GAS EXCHANGE; GENITAL SYSTEM; HATCHING; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OVIDUCT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUAIL; UTERUS; WATER CONTENT;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIRDS; COTURNIX; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; OVUM; P300-CBP TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PHOTOGRAPHY; REPRODUCTION;

AVES; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 34249823946     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2007.00737.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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