"Cu-coo": can you recognize my stepparents?--A study of host-specific male call divergence in the common Cuckoo.

The presence of multiple host-specific races in the common cuckoo Cuculus canorus has long been recognized as an evolutionary enigma but how this genetic divergence could be maintained is still equivocal. Some recent studies supported biparental genetic contribution in maintaining the host-races, im...

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Main Authors: Won-Ju Jung, Jin-Won Lee, Jeong-Chil Yoo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3946207?pdf=render