Genomic architecture of egg mimicry and its consequences for speciation in parasitic cuckoos.
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DOI: 10.1126/science.adt9355
Abstract: Host-parasite arms races facilitate rapid evolution and can fuel speciation. Cuculus cuckoos are deceptive egg mimics that exhibit a broad diversity of counterfeit egg phenotypes, representing host-adapted subpopulations (gentes). Genome analysis of 298 common (Cuculus… read more here.
Keywords: speciation; cuckoos; architecture egg; genomic architecture ... See more keywords