Embryos of many species use sound to prepare for the outside world, finds study
May 27, 2021
Canberra [Australia], May 27 : It's well known that reptiles depend on temperature cues while in the egg to determine a hatchling's sex. Now, researchers writing in the journal Trends in Ecology and Evolution say that embryos of many different animal species also rely on acoustic signals in important ways. They call this phenomenon "acoustic developmental programming."