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Science 30 November 1973:
Vol. 182. no. 4115, pp. 937 - 939
DOI: 10.1126/science.182.4115.937
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Early Social Responses in Gallus: A Functional Analysis

H. B. Graves 1

1 Department of Poultry Science, Pennsylvania State University, University Park 16802

Early socialization leads to the establishment of species awareness, or imprinting, in many birds and mammals. Gallus chicks normally develop species-specific preferences prior to exposure to a parent, but early exposure is necessary to maintain these preferences. Descriptive rather than functional analyses have led to apparent disagreement about early socialization behavior; from an ecological viewpoint, such behavior is both adaptive and predictable.

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