Feast M, Noble RC, Speake BK, Ferguson MW. The effect of temporary reductions in incubation temperature on growth characteristics and lipid utilisation in the chick embryo.
J Anat 1998;
193 ( Pt 3):383-90. [PMID:
9877293 PMCID:
PMC1467858 DOI:
10.1046/j.1469-7580.1998.19330383.x]
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Abstract
The effect(s) of finite exposure(s) to 22.0 degrees C on embryo weight gain, 3rd tarsus length, transfer of lipid from the yolk and uptake of specific lipid components by the liver, were measured in the chick embryo. Embryo growth was completely suspended over the period of temperature reduction, but resumed unimpaired when the optimum temperature of 37.5 degrees C was restored. Two successive periods of embryonic exposure to 22.0 degrees C (36 h at d 3 followed by 24 at d 10) were additive in their effect on growth retardation. Embryos subjected to temperature reductions on d 3 of incubation displayed significant changes in lipid concentrations and polyunsaturated fatty acid profiles within the liver when measured at d 18 of incubation. Yolk lipid uptake was significantly reduced but not suspended by embryonic exposure to 22.0 degrees C. It is suggested that the observed suspension of embryonic development was the result of a temperature dependent reduction in metabolism according to a Q10 approximately 2, which is typical of an ectothermic organism.
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