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Maternal Diet Influences Offspring Feeding Behavior and Fearfulness in the Precocial Chicken

BACKGROUND: In chicken, oils in the maternal diet confer a specific scent to the yolk. Embryos are known to perceive and memorize chemosensory signals of the surrounding environment; however, the potential impact of the maternal diet has not previously been investigated. In the present study, we hyp...

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Autores principales: Aigueperse, Nadège, Calandreau, Ludovic, Bertin, Aline
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3812276/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24204881
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0077583