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SUBMITTER: Wang L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7890504 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wang Longwu L Zhang Yuhan Y Liang Wei W Møller Anders Pape AP
Royal Society open science 20210113 1
Avian obligate brood parasites gain an advantage by removing the eggs of the cuckoos who have already visited the nest, which can increase the chances of survival for their offspring. Conversely, to prevent their eggs from being picked up by the next parasitic cuckoo, they need to take some precautions. Egg mimicry and egg crypsis are two alternative strategies to prevent the parasitized egg from being picked up by another parasitic cuckoo. Here, we tested whether the egg crypsis hypothesis has ...[more]