Fertilization in birds

Graham J. Wishart; A. Janet Horrocks

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-58301-8_5

Fertilization in birds

Graham J. Wishart, A. Janet Horrocks

SAS - HSC - Biomedical Sciences

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Abstract

The 9672 known species of birds (Sibley 1994) are widely distributed over every global habitat and, as might therefore be expected, display great diversity in their morphology, physiology and behaviour. This diversity is perhaps best manifested in avian breeding systems. In terms of mating behaviour, some species breed in small polygynous groups, others are relatively solitary, meeting only to mate in a ‘lek’, whilst more than 90% of avian species form breeding pairs, either in isolation or in colonies (Lack 1968). Notwithstanding, ‘cuckoldry’ is a normal feature of the mating behaviour of many of these apparently ‘monogamous’ pairs (Birkhead and Møller 1992a).

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Fertilization in protozoa and metazoan animals
Subtitle of host publication	cellular and molecular aspects
Editors	Juan J. Tarín, Antonio Cano
Place of Publication	Berlin
Publisher	Springer-Verlag
Chapter	5
Pages	193-222
Number of pages	25
ISBN (Electronic)	9783642583018
ISBN (Print)	9783642635304, 9783540670933
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-58301-8_5
Publication status	Published - 14 Sep 2000

Keywords

Acrosome reaction
Sperm storage
Domestic fowl
Fertile period
Vitelline membrane

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10.1007/978-3-642-58301-8_5

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