Decoupling morphological development from growth in periodically cooled zebra finch embryos

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 269, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 875-883

  Olson, Christopher R ^a,b   Vleck, Carol M ^a   Adams, Dean C ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryo; Incubation; Morphology; Taeniopygia guttata; Temperature effects; Zebra finch

Indexed keywords

TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; COLD; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; MORPHOMETRICS; ORGAN SIZE; PHENOTYPE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SONGBIRD; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; COLD; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ORGAN SIZE; PHENOTYPE; SONGBIRDS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 50349096633     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10635     Document Type: Article

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