Egg Incubation: Its Effects on Embryonic Development in Birds and Reptiles,9780521612036

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

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ISBN13: 9780521612036
ISBN10: 0521612039
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2004-11-11
Publisher(s): Cambridge University Press
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Summary

This book reviews comprehensively incubation effects on embryonic development in birds and reptiles and presents the first ever synthesis of data from these two vertebrate classes. The book is in three parts. The first deals with the structure, shape and function of eggs. The second examines the effects of the four main parameters on the process of incubation: temperature, water relations, respiratory gas exchange, and turning. The third section deals with early embryonic development and the methods used to investigate and manipulate the embryo. Further chapters deal with aestivation, megapodes and oviparity. International experts in each field have contributed to this extensively referenced volume and it will be of great interest not only to research biologists, but also to bird and reptile breeders, whether in commercial organisations or in zoos.

Table of Contents

Group photograph of participants of Physical Influences on Embryonic Development in Birds and Reptiles iv
Preface ix
Denis C. Deeming
Mark W. J. Ferguson
Contributors xi
Maternal diet, maternal proteins and egg quality
1(16)
Harold B. White III
Comparative composition and utilisation of yolk lipid by embryonic birds and reptiles
17(12)
Ray C. Noble
Oviductal proteins and their influence on embryonic development in birds and reptiles
29(18)
Brent D. Palmer
Louis J. Guillette, Jr
Fluxes during embryogenesis
47(6)
Kenneth Simkiss
Eggshell structure and formation in eggs of oviparous reptiles
53(18)
Mary J. Packard
Vincent G. DeMarco
Shell structure and formation in avian eggs
71(16)
Ronald G. Board
Nick H. C. Sparks
Physical characteristics of reptilian eggs and a comparison with avian eggs
87(14)
John B. Iverson
Michael A. Ewert
Egg shape in birds
101(16)
Iain H. M. Smart
The thermal energetics of incubated bird eggs
117(30)
J. Scott Turner
Physiological effects of incubation temperature on embryonic development in reptiles and birds
147(26)
Denis C. Deeming
Mark W. J. Ferguson
Cold torpor, diapause, delayed hatching and aestivation in reptiles and birds
173(20)
Michael A. Ewert
Physical factors affecting the water exchange of buried reptile eggs
193(20)
Ralph A. Ackerman
The physiological and ecological importance of water to embryos of oviparous reptiles
213(16)
Gary C. Packard
Roles of water in avian eggs
229(16)
Amos Ar
Water economy and solute regulation of reptilian and avian embryos
245(16)
David Vleck
The avian eggshell as a mediating barrier: respiratory gas fluxes and pressures during development
261(16)
Charles V. Paganelli
Gas exchange across reptilian eggshells
277(8)
Denis C. Deeming
Michael B. Thompson
Metabolism and energetics of reptilian and avian embryos
285(22)
Carol M. Vleck
Donald F. Hoyt
Reasons for the dichotomy in egg turning in birds and reptiles
307(18)
Denis C. Deeming
A comparison of reptilian eggs with those of megapode birds
325(20)
David T. Booth
Michael B. Thompson
Why birds lay eggs
345(16)
Hermann Rahn
Influences of incubation requirements on the evolution of viviparity
361(10)
Richard Shine
Overview of early stages of avian and reptilian development
371(14)
Ruth Bellairs
Ions and ion regulating mechanisms in the developing fowl embryo
385(10)
James I. Gillespie
James R. Greenwell
Elspeth Russell
Claire J. Dickens
Electrochemical processes during embryonic development
395(14)
Paul O'Shea
Methods for shell-less and semi-shell-less culture of avian and reptilian embryos
409(10)
Bruce E. Dunn
Experimental studies on cultured, shell-less fowl embryos calcium transport, skeletal development and cardio-vascular functions
419(16)
Rocky S. Tuan
Tamao Ono
Robert E. Akins
Masafumi Koide
Index 435

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