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Modelling the maintenance of egg polymorphism in avian brood parasites and their hosts.

Journal of evolutionary biology - 1 May 2012

Liang W, Yang C, Stokke B G, Antonov A, Fossøy F, Vikan J R, Moksnes A, Røskaft E, Shykoff J A, Møller A P, Takasu F

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In avian brood parasitism, egg phenotype plays a key role for both host and parasite reproduction. Several parrotbill species of the genus Paradoxornis are parasitized by the common cuckoo Cuculus canorus, and clear polymorphism in egg phenotype is observed. In this article, we develop a population genetics model in order to identify the key parameters that control the maintenance of egg polymorphism. The model...

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PMID: 22404333
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2012.02484.x

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