Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Contributors
- 1 Maternal diet, maternal proteins and egg quality
- 2 Comparative composition and utilisation of yolk lipid by embryonic birds and reptiles
- 3 Oviductal proteins and their influence on embryonic development in birds and reptiles
- 4 Fluxes during embryogenesis
- 5 Eggshell structure and formation in eggs of oviparous reptiles
- 6 Shell structure and formation in avian eggs
- 7 Physical characteristics of reptilian eggs and a comparison with avian eggs
- 8 Egg-shape in birds
- 9 The thermal energetics of incubated bird eggs
- 10 Physiological effects of incubation temperature on embryonic development in reptiles and birds
- 11 Cold torpor, diapause, delayed hatching and aestivation in reptiles and birds
- 12 Physical factors affecting the water exchange of buried reptile eggs
- 13 Physiological and ecological importance of water to embryos of oviparous reptiles
- 14 Roles of water in avian eggs
- 15 Water economy and solute regulation of reptilian and avian embryos
- 16 The avian eggshell as a mediating barrier: respiratory gas fluxes and pressures during development
- 17 Gas exchange across reptilian eggshells
- 18 Metabolism and energetics of reptilian and avian embryos
- 19 Reasons for the dichotomy in egg turning in birds and reptiles
- 20 A comparison of reptilian eggs with those of megapode birds
- 21 Why birds lay eggs
- 22 Influences of incubation requirements on the evolution of viviparity
- 23 Overview of early stages of avian and reptilian development
- 24 Ions and ion regulating mechanisms in the developing fowl embryo
- 25 Electrochemical processes during embryonic development
- 26 Methods for shell-less and semi-shell-less culture of avian and reptilian embryos
- 27 Experimental studies on cultured, shell-less fowl embryos: calcium transport, skeletal development, and cardio-vascular functions
- Index
Frontmatter
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 November 2009
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Contributors
- 1 Maternal diet, maternal proteins and egg quality
- 2 Comparative composition and utilisation of yolk lipid by embryonic birds and reptiles
- 3 Oviductal proteins and their influence on embryonic development in birds and reptiles
- 4 Fluxes during embryogenesis
- 5 Eggshell structure and formation in eggs of oviparous reptiles
- 6 Shell structure and formation in avian eggs
- 7 Physical characteristics of reptilian eggs and a comparison with avian eggs
- 8 Egg-shape in birds
- 9 The thermal energetics of incubated bird eggs
- 10 Physiological effects of incubation temperature on embryonic development in reptiles and birds
- 11 Cold torpor, diapause, delayed hatching and aestivation in reptiles and birds
- 12 Physical factors affecting the water exchange of buried reptile eggs
- 13 Physiological and ecological importance of water to embryos of oviparous reptiles
- 14 Roles of water in avian eggs
- 15 Water economy and solute regulation of reptilian and avian embryos
- 16 The avian eggshell as a mediating barrier: respiratory gas fluxes and pressures during development
- 17 Gas exchange across reptilian eggshells
- 18 Metabolism and energetics of reptilian and avian embryos
- 19 Reasons for the dichotomy in egg turning in birds and reptiles
- 20 A comparison of reptilian eggs with those of megapode birds
- 21 Why birds lay eggs
- 22 Influences of incubation requirements on the evolution of viviparity
- 23 Overview of early stages of avian and reptilian development
- 24 Ions and ion regulating mechanisms in the developing fowl embryo
- 25 Electrochemical processes during embryonic development
- 26 Methods for shell-less and semi-shell-less culture of avian and reptilian embryos
- 27 Experimental studies on cultured, shell-less fowl embryos: calcium transport, skeletal development, and cardio-vascular functions
- Index
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Egg IncubationIts Effects on Embryonic Development in Birds and Reptiles, pp. i - viPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1991