Growth of the chicken embryo: Implications of egg size

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 156, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 373-379

  Mortola, Jacopo P ^a,b   Al Awam, Khalid ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Allometry; Avian development; Egg constituents; Hypoxia oxygen consumption

Indexed keywords

OVALBUMIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICK EMBRYO; CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG SHELL; EGG SIZE; EGG YOLK; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO GROWTH; ENERGY; FOWL; GROWTH RATE; HATCHING; HUMIDITY; INCUBATION TEMPERATURE; INCUBATION TIME; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; WATER CONTENT; WATER LOSS;

AVES;

EID: 77953025365     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2010.03.011     Document Type: Article

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