Essays about: "maternal imprint"
Found 2 essays containing the words maternal imprint.
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1. Short- and Long-Term Effects of Filial Imprinting on a Model Hen on the Emotional State of White Leghorn Chicks (Gallus gallus domesticus)
University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för fysik, kemi och biologiAbstract : In layer hen commercial production systems, chicks are not raised by hens and do therefore not receive any maternal care. In the wild, after hatching, chicks undergo filial imprinting where they create a social bond with a stimulus in their surrounding environment, usually the mother hen. READ MORE
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2. Imagining Epigenetics: : An explorative study of transdisciplinary embodiments, and feminist entanglements
University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema GenusAbstract : This thesis proposes the relevance of epigenetic research to feminist studies and gender studies, and vice versa, and asks how epigenetics speaks to the so-called sex-gender distinction. It also discusses what epigenetics could potentially tell us about ourselves, and our place in a world where we are all creatures of both nature and nurture. READ MORE