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Three different types of processes occur during the perinatal development of temperature regulation in avian species: (a) development of endothermy, (b) epigenetic determination of the thermoregulatory system, (c) thermoregulatory learning processes in the early postnatal phase.
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Nichelmann, M., Lange, B., Pirow, R., Langbein, J., Herrmann, S. (1994). Avian Thermoregulation during the Perinatal Period. In: Zeisberger, E., Schönbaum, E., Lomax, P. (eds) Thermal Balance in Health and Disease. APS Advances in Pharmacological Sciences. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-7429-8_22
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