... of cardio-respiratory development in the marine gastropod Littorina obtusata is crucial for determining whether embryos survive hypoxia; individuals that develop their adult cardiovascular system early survive low oxygen conditions. Heterokairy Ecophysiology Non-adaptive plasticity...

... chicken embryo Gallus domesticus thermoregulation hypothermic incubation hemoglobin–oxygen affinity heterokairy The avian embryo undergoes a thermoregulatory transition from being a poikilotherm in its egg to being a homeotherm at or shortly after hatching. Thermoregulation in hatchling...

...-mail: [email protected] ) 22 1 2004 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2004 2004 chicken embryo Gallus domesticus thermoregulation hypothermia incubation development heterokairy The developing chicken embryo is a poikilotherm, and consequently any decrease in ambient...