Ontogenetic development of magnetic compass orientation in domestic chickens (Gallus gallus)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 216, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 3143-3147

  Denzau, Susanne ^a   Niebßner, Christine ^a   Rogers, Lesley J ^b   Wiltschko, Wolfgang ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conditioning; Cryptochrome; Domestic chicken; Magnetic compass; Magnetoreception; Ontogeny

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOCHROME;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CONDITIONING; CYTOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; DOMESTIC CHICKEN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETIC COMPASS; MAGNETISM; MAGNETORECEPTION; ONTOGENY; ORIENTATION; RETINA;

CONDITIONING; CRYPTOCHROME; DOMESTIC CHICKEN; MAGNETIC COMPASS; MAGNETORECEPTION; ONTOGENY;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETICS; ORIENTATION; RETINA;

EID: 84881137190     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.088815     Document Type: Article

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