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• INCUBATION — INCUBATI Action qui consiste, chez certains animaux ovipares, à protéger leurs œufs de manière à favoriser le développement normal de l’embryon. Les modalités de cette protection sont très variables, car, au lieu d’être placés sous le corps des… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• Temperature-dependent sex determination — (TSD), also called environmental sex determination [http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/abs/nature06519.html The adaptive significance of temperature dependent sex determination in a reptile] from Nature ] , is where the… …   Wikipedia

• Incubation — In cu*ba tion, n. [L. incubatio: cf. F. incubation.] [1913 Webster] 1. A sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young; a brooding on, or keeping warm, (eggs) to develop the life within, by any process. Ray. [1913 Webster] 2. (Med.) The… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Incubation — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. L incubation est un terme à l origine scientifique introduit avant le XVIe siècle qui dérive du latin incubare (incuber*), littéralement « poser …   Wikipédia en Français

• Incubation (oiseau) — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Incubation. Couvaison d un serin des Canaries (forme domestique). L incubation ou couvaison des œufs pour les o …   Wikipédia en Français

• incubation — incubational, incubatory /in kyeuh beuh tawr ee, tohr ee, ing /, adj. /in kyeuh bay sheuhn, ing /, n. 1. the act or process of incubating. 2. the state of being incubated. 3. See incubation period. [1605 15; < L incubation (s. of incubatio). See… …   Universalium

• incubation — 1. Act of maintaining controlled environmental conditions for the purpose of favoring growth or development of microbial or tissue cultures or to maintain optimal conditions for a chemical or immunologic reaction. 2. Maintenance of an artificial… …   Medical dictionary

• Incubation period — Latency time redirects here. For latency in communications, see Lag. Incubation period is the time elapsed between exposure to a pathogenic organism, a chemical or radiation, and when symptoms and signs are first apparent. The period may be as… …   Wikipedia

• Incubation — The word incubation (from the Latin incubare , to lie upon ) may refer to:* Avian incubation, sitting on or brooding bird s eggs in order to hatch them * Incubation period, a medical term for the time between being exposed to infection and… …   Wikipedia

• incubation — incubate ► VERB 1) (of a bird) sit on (eggs) to keep them warm and bring them to hatching. 2) keep (bacteria, cells, etc.) at a suitable temperature so that they develop. 3) (with reference to an infectious disease) develop slowly without outward …   English terms dictionary

• Avian incubation — Incubation is the process by which birds hatch their eggs, and to the development of the embryo within the egg. The most vital factor of incubation is the constant temperature required for its development over a specific period. Especially in… …   Wikipedia