Egg Incubation: Its Effects on Embryonic Development in Birds and Reptiles

ISBN: 9780521612036 出版年：1991 页码：464 D Charles Deeming Mark W J Ferguson Cambridge University Press

Preface Denis C. Deeming and Mark W. J. Ferguson 1. Maternal diet, maternal proteins and egg quality Harold B. White III 2. Comparative composition and utilisation of yolk lipid by embryonic birds and reptiles Ray C. Noble 3. Oviductal proteins and their influence on embryonic development in birds and reptiles Brent D. Palmer and Louis J. Guillette, Jr. 4. Fluxes during embryogenesis Kenneth Simkiss 5. Eggshell structure and formation in eggs of oviparous reptiles Mary J. Packard and Vincent G. DeMarco 6. Shell structure and formation in avian eggs Ronald G. Board and Nick H. C. Sparks 7. Physical characteristics of reptilian eggs and a comparison with avian eggs John B. Iverson and Michael A. Ewert 8. Egg shape in birds Iain H. M. Smart 9. The thermal energetics of incubated birds' eggs J. Scott Turner 10. Physiological effects of incubation temperature on embryonic development in reptiles and birds Denis C. Deeming and Mark W. J. Ferguson 11. Cold torpor, diapause, delayed hatching and aestivation in reptiles and birds Michael A. Ewert 12. Physical factors affecting the water exchange of buried reptile eggs Ralph A. Ackerman 13. The physiological and ecological importance of water to embryos of oviparous reptiles Gary C. Packard 14. Roles of water in avian eggs Amos Ar 15. Water economy and solute regulation of reptilian and avian embryos David Vleck 16. The avian eggshell as a mediating barrier: respiratory gas fluxes and pressures during development Charles V. Paganelli 17. Gas exchange across reptilian eggshells Denis C. Deeming and Michael B. Thompson 18. Metabolism and energetics of reptilian and avian embryos Carol M. Vleck and Donald F. Hoyt 19. Reasons for the dichotomy in egg turning in birds and reptiles Denis C. Deeming 20. A comparison of reptilian eggs with those of megapode birds David T. Booth and Michael B. Thompson 21. Why birds lay eggs Hermann Rahn 22. Influences of incubation requirements on the evolution of viviparity Richard Shine 23. Overview of early stages of avian and reptilian development Ruth Bellairs 24. Ions and ion regulating mechanisms in the developing fowl embryo James I. Gillespie, James R. Greenwell, Elspeth Russell and Claire J. Dickens 25. Electrochemical processes during embryonic development Paul O'Shea 26. Methods for shell-less and semi-shell-less culture of avian and reptilian embryos Bruce E. Dunn 27. Experimental studies on cultured, shell-less fowl embryos: calcium transport, skeletal development and cardio-vascular functions Rocky S. Tuan, Tamao Ono, Robert E. Akins and Masafumi Koide.