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1INCUBATION — 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… …
2Temperature-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… …
3Incubation — 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… …
4Incubation — 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 …
5Incubation (oiseau) — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Incubation. Couvaison d un serin des Canaries (forme domestique). L incubation ou couvaison des œufs pour les o …
6incubation — 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… …
7incubation — 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… …
8Incubation 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… …
9Incubation — 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… …
10incubation — 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 …
