Coevolution in Action: Disruptive Selection on Egg Colour in an Avian Brood Parasite and Its Host

BACKGROUND: Trait polymorphism can evolve as a consequence of frequency-dependent selection. Coevolutionary interactions between hosts and parasites may lead to selection on both to evolve extreme phenotypes deviating from the norm, through disruptive selection. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDING: Here,...

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Autores principales: Yang, Canchao, Liang, Wei, Cai, Yan, Shi, Suhua, Takasu, Fugo, Møller, Anders P., Antonov, Anton, Fossøy, Frode, Moksnes, Arne, Røskaft, Eivin, Stokke, Bård G.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2010
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2877083/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20520815
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0010816

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2877083/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20520815
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0010816

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