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Imprinting behavior

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-003374

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.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-003374
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectAnimals, Livestock, One Health
Synonymsimprinting behaviour
ReferencesNAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0)
See alsoAnimal behavior
TranslationsSpanish: comportamiento de impronta
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-003374",
  "term": "Imprinting behavior",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "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.",
  "synonyms": [
    "imprinting behaviour"
  ],
  "subject": "Animals, Livestock, One Health",
  "see_also": [
    "animal behavior"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "comportamiento de impronta"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/imprinting-behavior/"
}

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