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Relationships between egg-recognition and egg-ejection in a grasp-ejector species

Brood parasitism frequently leads to a total loss of host fitness, which selects for the evolution of defensive traits in host species. Experimental studies have demonstrated that recognition and rejection of the parasite egg is the most common and efficient defence used by host species. Egg-recogni...

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Autores principales: Soler, Manuel, Ruiz-Raya, Francisco, Roncalli, Gianluca, Ibáñez-Álamo, Juan Diego
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5295713/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28170402
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0166283