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A brood parasite selects for its own egg traits

Many brood parasitic birds lay eggs that mimic their hosts' eggs in appearance. This typically arises from selection from discriminating hosts that reject eggs which differ from their own. However, selection on parasitic eggs may also arise from parasites themselves, because it should pay a lay...

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Auteur principal: Spottiswoode, Claire N.
Format: Artigo
Langue:Inglês
Publié: The Royal Society 2013
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Accès en ligne:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3971702/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23966598
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2013.0573
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