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Zebra Finch chicks recognise parental scent, and retain chemosensory knowledge of their genetic mother, even after egg cross-fostering

Mechanisms underlying parent-offspring recognition in birds have fascinated researchers for centuries. Yet, the possibility that chicks recognise parental odour at hatching has been completely overlooked, despite the fact that olfaction is one of the first sensory modalities to develop, and social c...

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Published in:Sci Rep
Main Authors: Caspers, Barbara A., Hagelin, Julie C., Paul, Madeleine, Bock, Sandra, Willeke, Sandra, Krause, E. Tobias
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Nature Publishing Group UK 2017
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5634463/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28993703
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-13110-y
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