Table 1.

Staging according to Murray et al. (2013) of the Taeniopygia guttata embryos included in the present study

Stages	n	Incubation time (approximate)
St11	2	54 h
St15	2	66 h
St16	2	72 h
St19	2	84 h
St23	2	104 h
St25	2	114 h
St27	2	126 h
St32	3	6 days and 18 h
St33	3	7 days
St34	3	7 days and 6 h
St38	3	8 days and 12 h
St41	3	10 days
St45	2	13 days
St46 (postnatal day 0, P0)	1	14 days