Bird Reproduction Overview
2024
Vitorino Carvalho, Anaïs | Physiologie de la reproduction et des comportements [Nouzilly] (PRC) ; Université de Tours (UT)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE) | Dr. Ina Dobrinski and Dr. Michael K. Skinner
This is an update of Elisabeth Blesbois, Bird Reproduction Overview, Editor(s): Michael K. Skinner, Encyclopedia of Reproduction (Second Edition), Academic Press, 2018, Pages 579–585, ISBN 9780128151457, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-809633-8.20636-5.
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Show more [+] Less [-]English. Avian reproduction presents specific reproductive traits: (i) oviparity with the production of telolecithal hard-shelled eggs, (ii) unique ovary and highly specialized oviduct in females, and (iii) internal testes and deferent ducts in males, with the development and maturation of spermatozoa in higher temperature than in mammals. Polyspermic fertilization occurs within the female reproductive tract, following complex sperm selection and long-term storage. In wild species, avian reproduction undergoes annual cycles influenced by photoperiods, temperature, and nutrition. Some reproductive biotechnologies are available for avian species in order to enhance poultry production as well as to conserve avian genetic diversity.
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