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Repeatable randomness, invariant properties, and the design of biological signatures of identity.

Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 3 Oct 2023

Dixit Tanmay, Chen Kuan-Chi, Stoddard Mary Caswell, Mahadevan Lakshminarayanan, Town Christopher P, Spottiswoode Claire N

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What makes a perfect signature? Optimal signatures should be consistent within individuals and distinctive between individuals. In defense against avian brood parasitism, some host species have evolved "signatures" of identity on their eggs, comprising interindividual variation in color and pattern. Tawny-flanked prinia (Prinia subflava) egg signatures facilitate recognition and rejection of parasitic cuckoo...

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PMID: 37482374
DOI: 10.1093/evolut/qpad134

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