NALT

Preferred term

imprinting behavior

Topic

Rapid learning or behavioral patterning that occurs at critical points in very early stages of animal development, by which young individuals of a species acquire irreversible behavior patterns of that species.

animal behavior

imprinting behaviour

Field 001 in MARC Authority Format

19281

Spanish

comportamiento de impronta

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/9000

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Created 1/19/06, last modified 9/17/14