Bird Eggs (IMAGE)

University of Cambridge

Bird Eggs

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New research reveals how biological arms races between cuckoos and host birds can escalate into a competition between the host evolving new, unique egg patterns (or "signatures") and the parasite new forgeries.

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Dr. Claire Spottiswoode

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