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Incubation conditions are more important in determining early thermoregulatory ability than posthatch resource conditions in a precocial bird.
Physiological and biochemical zoology : PBZ - 1 Jan 2000
DuRant S E, Hopkins W A, Carter A W, Stachowiak C M, Hepp G R
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Recent research in birds suggests that investing in incubation is one mechanism by which parents can enhance the phenotype of their offspring. Posthatch environmental conditions can also shape an individual's phenotype, and it is thus possible for pre- and posthatch conditions to have interactive...
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