Effect of rate of stimulation on hatching time in Japanese quail
- 1 January 1968
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in British Poultry Science
- Vol. 9 (1), 87-91
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00071666808415697
Abstract
A series of Japanese quail clutches was incubated, then one egg from each clutch was stimulated at a rate between 1 click/10 sec. and 1000 clicks/sec. The hatching time of the stimulated egg was recorded and compared with that of its siblings. Embryos stimulated by discrete clicks at rates of 1 1/2–60/sec. were speeded up; while those stimulated between rates of 100–500 clicks/sec. were slowed down. These results are considered as contributing towards a possible explanation of the synchronisation of hatching in this species.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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- ‘Clicking’ in the Egg-young of Nidifugous BirdsNature, 1965
- Social facilitation of hatching in the bobwhite quailAnimal Behaviour, 1964