A Field Guide to the Aging of Wood Duck Embryos

Montgomery, Robert A.; Burke, Charles J.; Byers, Steven M.

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“…To date, most avian embryological studies have been in the chicken and have used Hamburger and Hamilton's (1951) article on chicken development. This classic article has been the main source of embryo staging information for nearly all species of birds for over 60 years and has provided the foundation for virtually all subsequent embryo staging work on precocial birds including the Wood Duck ( Aix sponsa , Montgomery et al, ), Canada Goose ( Branta Canadensis , Cooper and Batt, ), Northern Bobwhite ( Colinus virginianus , Hendrickx and Hanzlik, ), Ring‐Necked Pheasant ( Phasianus colchicus , Fant, ), and Domestic Turkey ( Meleagris gallopavo , Mun and Kosin,1960), as well as the semi‐precocial Adelie Penguin ( Pygoscelis adeliae , Herbert, ). However, the progress of development can be quite different between commonly studied precocial species, such as chickens and altricial species such as songbirds (Ricklefs and Starck, ; Blom and Lilja, ).…”

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Embryological staging of the Zebra Finch,Taeniopygia guttata

Murray

Varian-Ramos

Welch

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Journal of Morphology

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Zebra Finches (Taeniopygia guttata) are the most commonly used laboratory songbird species, yet their embryological development has been poorly characterized. Most studies to date apply Hamburger and Hamilton stages derived from chicken development; however, significant differences in development between precocial and altricial species suggest that they may not be directly comparable. We provide the first detailed description of embryological development in the Zebra Finch under standard artificial incubation. These descriptions confirm that some of the features used to classify chicken embryos into stages are not applicable in an altricial bird such as the Zebra Finch. This staging protocol will help to standardize future studies of embryological development in the Zebra Finch. J. Morphol. 274:1090–1110, 2013. © 2013 The Authors. Journal of Morphology Published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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Embryological staging of the Zebra Finch,Taeniopygia guttata

Murray

Varian-Ramos

Welch

et al. 2013

Journal of Morphology

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“…In birds, the onset of hearing capacity is often linked to the timing of egg hatching, with many precocial bird species hatching later than altricial birds. For example, the average incubation time of precocial chickens and ducks is 21 and 28 days while for altricial zebra finches and budgerigars it is 14 and 18 days, respectively (Hamburger and Hamilton, 1951; Montgomery, Burke and Byers, 1978; Ar and Tazawa, 1999; Murray et al ., 2013).…”

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Postnatal hearing development limits early parent-to-offspring vocal communication and gates sensorimotor learning in the zebra finch

Anttonen,

Christensen-Dalsgaard,

Elemans

2024

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Hearing is critical for vocal communication, and in birds its onset is linked to egg hatching. Hearing develops after hatching in early hatching (altricial) species, while already functional in the egg in later hatching (precocial) species. Recent work suggests that altricial zebra finches exhibit parent-to-embryo acoustic communication, requiring functional, high-frequency hearing already in the egg. Yet, the early postnatal development of their auditory sensitivity remains unknown. By measuring hearing and vibration-detection capacity during postnatal development in zebra finches, we show that zebra finch hatchlings are deaf even to loud, broadband sounds. Auditory nerve sensitivity develops gradually in a low-to-high frequency manner. Auditory nerve responses show adult-like properties only after 20 days from hatching. Our data provide evidence against the plausibility of early parent-to-offspring acoustic communication in zebra finches and suggest that hearing functionality may set the onset of vocal learning in zebra finches.

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“…Beyond chicken, embryology in other domesticated species of Galliformes was also described in the 20th century (Clark, 1960; Fant, 1957; Hendrickx & Hanzlik, 1965; Labisky & Opsahl, 1958; Mun & Kosin, 1960; Smith Padgett & Ivey, 1960; Wilhelm & Robertson, 1941; Williams & Phiillips, 1944). Although domesticated lineages outside of Galliformes were also studied (duck and goose; Cooper & Batt, 1972; Koecke, 1958; Montgomery et al, 1978), the diversity of species in which embryonic development has been studied in detail remains low compared to mammals (Cordero et al, 2020; Hopwood, 2007; Werneburg & Geiger, 2016). As such, Butler and Juurlink's (1987) Atlas for Staging Mammalian and Chick Embryos included 14 representative mammalian species and prioritized chicken as the comparative reference for birds, which continues to be the case today (Bellairs & Osmond, 2014; Bronner‐Fraser, 2008; Stern, 2018).…”

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Domestication and the comparative embryology of birds

Cordero

Werneburg

2022

J Exp Zool Pt B

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Studies of domesticated animals have greatly contributed to our understanding of avian embryology. Foundational questions in developmental biology were motivated by Aristotle's observations of chicken embryos. By the 19th century, the chicken embryo was at the center stage of developmental biology, but how closely does this model species mirror the ample taxonomic diversity that characterizes the avian tree of life? Here, we provide a brief overview of the taxonomic breadth of comparative embryological studies in birds. We particularly focused on staging tables and papers that attempted to document the timing of developmental transformations. We show that most of the current knowledge of avian embryology is based on Galliformes (chicken and quail) and Anseriformes (duck and goose). Nonetheless, data are available for some ecologically diverse avian subclades, including Struthioniformes (e.g., ostrich, emu) and Sphenisciformes (penguins). Thus far, there has only been a handful of descriptive embryological studies in the most speciose subclade of Aves, that is, the songbirds (Passeriniformes). Furthermore, we found that temporal variances for developmental events are generally uniform across a consensus chronological sequence for birds. Based on the available data, developmental trajectories for chicken and other model species appear to be highly similar. We discuss future avenues of research in comparative avian embryology in light of the currently available wealth of data on domesticated species and beyond.

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A Field Guide to the Aging of Wood Duck Embryos

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Embryological staging of the Zebra Finch,Taeniopygia guttata

Embryological staging of the Zebra Finch,Taeniopygia guttata

Postnatal hearing development limits early parent-to-offspring vocal communication and gates sensorimotor learning in the zebra finch

Domestication and the comparative embryology of birds

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