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Ancient origin and maternal inheritance of blue cuckoo eggs.

Nature communications - 12 Jan 2016

Fossøy Frode, Sorenson Michael D, Liang Wei, Ekrem Torbjørn, Moksnes Arne, Møller Anders P, Rutila Jarkko, Røskaft Eivin, Takasu Fugo, Yang Canchao, Stokke Bård G

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Maternal inheritance via the female-specific W chromosome was long ago proposed as a potential solution to the evolutionary enigma of co-existing host-specific races (or 'gentes') in avian brood parasites. Here we report the first unambiguous evidence for maternal inheritance of egg colouration in the brood-parasitic common cuckoo Cuculus canorus. Females laying blue eggs belong to an ancient (∼2.6 Myr) maternal...

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PMID: 26754355
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10272
PMCID: PMC4729921

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