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The highest-ranking rooster has priority to announce the break of dawn
The “cock-a-doodle-doo” crowing of roosters, which symbolizes the break of dawn in many cultures, is controlled by the circadian clock. When one rooster announces the break of dawn, others in the vicinity immediately follow. Chickens are highly social animals, and they develop a linear and fixed hie...
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Nature Publishing Group
2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4512148/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26203594 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep11683 |