Incubation Temperature during Fetal Development Influences Morphophysiological Characteristics and Preferred Ambient Temperature of Chicken Hatchlings

• Viviane de Souza Morita ,

  ¶‡ This author is first author on this work.

  Affiliation Department of Animal Morphology and Physiology, Sao Paulo State University, Access road Professor Paulo Donato Castellane, s/n, 14884–900, Jaboticabal, Sao Paulo, Brazil

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• Vitor Rosa de Almeida,

  Affiliation Department of Animal Morphology and Physiology, Sao Paulo State University, Access road Professor Paulo Donato Castellane, s/n, 14884–900, Jaboticabal, Sao Paulo, Brazil

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• João Batista Matos Junior,

  Affiliation Department of Animal Morphology and Physiology, Sao Paulo State University, Access road Professor Paulo Donato Castellane, s/n, 14884–900, Jaboticabal, Sao Paulo, Brazil

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• Tamiris Iara Vicentini,

  Affiliation Department of Animal Morphology and Physiology, Sao Paulo State University, Access road Professor Paulo Donato Castellane, s/n, 14884–900, Jaboticabal, Sao Paulo, Brazil

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• Henry van den Brand,

  Affiliation Adaptation Physiology Group, Department of Animal Sciences, Wageningen University, PO Box 338, 6700 AH, Wageningen, The Netherlands

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• Isabel Cristina Boleli

  * E-mail: icboleli@fcav.unesp.br

  Affiliation Department of Animal Morphology and Physiology, Sao Paulo State University, Access road Professor Paulo Donato Castellane, s/n, 14884–900, Jaboticabal, Sao Paulo, Brazil

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