... fusion frequency in chicken Gallus gallus domesticus . Vision Res.   51 , 1324 - 1332 . Osorio   D. , Vorobyev   M. , Jones   C. D. ( 1999 ). Colour vision of domestic chicks . J. Exp. Biol.   202 , 2951 - 2959 . Osorio   D. , Smith   A. C. , Vorobyev   M. , Bucchanan...

... and in interstitial fluid were determined in female and male White Leghorn chickens ( Gallus gallus domesticus Linnaeus 1758) at three successive ages: 10 weeks (juvenile), 20 weeks (transition to sexual maturity) and 30-33 weeks (sexual maturity). Birds were sexed and housed in 20 m 2 rooms in ambient temperature...

... for correspondence (e-mail: wiltschko@bio.uni-frankfurt.de ) 16 4 2007 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2007 2007 directional training magnetic compass functional window radical pair mechanism Gallus gallus domestic chicken The avian magnetic compass was first demonstrated 40...

... control lateralisation chick Gallus gallus The use of either the left or right eye (LE, RE), according to the nature of the task in hand, is well established for birds and fish. The left lateral visual field is used in wide-field search by domestic poultry Gallus gallus domesticus when...

... understood. We examined the activities of catalase, SOD and GPx in the developing lungs of two oviparous vertebrate species, the chicken ( Gallus gallus ) and an agamid lizard ( Pogona vitticeps ), and in a metamorphosing vertebrate, the anuran Limnodynastes terraereginae . During in ovo development embryos...

...D. Osorio; M. Vorobyev; C. D. Jones ABSTRACT The colour vision of domestic chicks ( Gallus gallus ) was investigated by training them to small food containers decorated with tilings of grey and coloured rectangles. Chicks learn to recognise the colour quickly and accurately. Chicks have four types...

... 1993 © 1993 by Company of Biologists 1993 reptile bird chorioallantois vascular density gas exchange chicken Gallus gallus quail Coturnix coturnix turtle Chelydra serpentina A major determinant of the rate of diffusive exchange of gases in animals is the morphology...

... 01 1993 © 1993 by Company of Biologists 1993 reptile bird chorioallantois vascular density gas exchange chicken Gallus gallus quail Coturnix coturnix turtle Chelydra serpentina . A major determinant of the rate of diffusive exchange of gases in animals...

... can be used to trigger unilateral phosphaturia in domestic fowl. 13 03 1989 © 1989 by Company of Biologists 1989 kidney function renal portal inorganic phosphate Gallus gallus The renal handling of inorganic phosphorus (Pi) has been studied extensively in mammals...