Biotremology: The Sound of One Egg Cracking

Curr Biol. 2019 Jan 7;29(1):R16-R17. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.11.035.

Abstract

In many animals, eggs within a clutch emerge more or less at the same time. A new study identifies vibrations of eggs cracking open as the cue that triggers synchronous emergence in an insect.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cues
  • Eggs
  • Humans
  • Siblings*
  • Sound
  • Vibration*