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Egg recognition: The importance of quantifying multiple repeatable features as visual identity signals

Brood parasitized and/or colonial birds use egg features as visual identity signals, which allow parents to recognize their own eggs and avoid paying fitness costs of misdirecting their care to others’ offspring. However, the mechanisms of egg recognition and discrimination are poorly understood. Mo...

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Autores principales: Gómez, Jesús, Gordo, Oscar, Minias, Piotr
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7932075/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33661988
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0248021