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Continuous variation rather than specialization in the egg phenotypes of cuckoos (Cuculus canorus) parasitizing two sympatric reed warbler species.

PloS one - 1 Jan 2014

Drobniak Szymon M, Dyrcz Andrzej, Sudyka Joanna, Cichoń Mariusz

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The evolution of brood parasitism has long attracted considerable attention among behavioural ecologists, especially in the common cuckoo system. Common cuckoos (Cuculus canorus) are obligatory brood parasites, laying eggs in nests of passerines and specializing on specific host species. Specialized races of cuckoos are genetically distinct. Often in a given area, cuckoos encounter multiple hosts showing...

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PMID: 25180796
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0106650
PMCID: PMC4152305

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