The hatching process and mechanisms of adaptive hatching acceleration in hourglass treefrogs, Dendropsophus ebraccatus.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2017.10.020
Abstract: Environmentally cued hatching is well documented in anurans, enabling embryos to escape diverse threats. However, knowledge of anuran hatching mechanisms is limited and based largely on aquatic-breeding species without known plasticity in hatching timing. Generally,… read more here.
Keywords: hourglass treefrogs; hatching gland; hatching enzyme; physiology ... See more keywords