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The Development of Sensory Systems

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Development of the Avian Embryo
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Earlier chapters (3 and 4) have shown that embryonic behaviour and also embryonic development can be affected by stimulation from outside the egg. Effects reported occur during the latter part of the incubation period, but the sensory systems begin developing quite early and some become functional during the first half of incubation.

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© 1974 B. M. Freeman and Margaret A. Vince

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Freeman, B.M., Vince, M.A. (1974). The Development of Sensory Systems. In: Development of the Avian Embryo. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5710-7_6

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