Egg trait variation in a large hawk-cuckoo (Hierococcyx sparverioides) host population of Chinese babax (Babax lanceolatus).

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Mutual interaction between brood parasites and their hosts is a well-known model system for studying host-parasite coevolution. Both parties have acted reciprocally, resembling an evolutionary arms race, in which adaptations and counter-adaptations have evolved as a result of host-parasite dynamics, such as the classical cuckoo-host system. Discrimination among parasite and cuckoo eggs and rejection of foreign...

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