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The plasticity of the rotatory component of hatching behavior was tested by taping down the shell cap in order to prevent hatching. It was found that embryos with taped shells rotate farther than do untaped controls. The adaptive and comparative significance of this finding is discussed.
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I thank Dr. Viktor Hamburger and Dr. R. W. Oppenheim for their helpful comments. An abstract of this study appeared in American Zoologist, 1971, 11, 620. The work was supported by USPHS Grant 1900 and traineeship under Grant P10 ES 00139 through the Center for the Biology of Natural Systems, Washington University.
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Provine, R.R. Hatching behavior of the chick (Callus domesticus): Plasticity of the rotatory component. Psychon Sci 29, 27–28 (1972). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03336556
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