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JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY
Volume 274, Issue 10, Pages 1090-1110Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.20165
Keywords
artificial incubation; embryological development; passerine bird; staging; Zebra Finch
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute Undergraduate Science Education Program
- ALSAM Biomedical Scholars program
- NIH [R15NS067566]
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Zebra Finches (Taeniopygia guttata) are the most commonly used laboratory songbird species, yet their embryological development has been poorly characterized. Most studies to date apply Hamburger and Hamilton stages derived from chicken development; however, significant differences in development between precocial and altricial species suggest that they may not be directly comparable. We provide the first detailed description of embryological development in the Zebra Finch under standard artificial incubation. These descriptions confirm that some of the features used to classify chicken embryos into stages are not applicable in an altricial bird such as the Zebra Finch. This staging protocol will help to standardize future studies of embryological development in the Zebra Finch. J. Morphol. 274:1090-1110, 2013. (c) 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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