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SUBMITTER: Zhang J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9943643 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhang Jinggang J Santema Peter P Lin Zixuan Z Yang Lixing L Liu Meijun M Li Jianqiang J Deng Wenhong W Kempenaers Bart B
Proceedings. Biological sciences 20230222 1993
The arms race between brood parasites and their hosts provides a classic model to study coevolution. Hosts often reject the parasitic egg, and brood parasites should therefore select host nests in which the colour of the eggs best matches that of their own. Although this hypothesis has received some support, direct experimental evidence is still lacking. Here, we report on a study of Daurian redstarts, which show a distinct egg-colour dimorphism, with females laying either blue or pink eggs. Red ...[more]