Ancient origin and maternal inheritance of blue cuckoo eggs

The common cuckoo lays its eggs in nests of a variety of species and their eggs mimic the ones of their hosts. Here, the authors show that blue egg colouration in the common cuckoo is maternally inherited, originated in Asia and then expanded to Europe.

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Autores principales: Frode Fossøy, Michael D Sorenson, Wei Liang, Torbjørn Ekrem, Arne Moksnes, Anders P Møller, Jarkko Rutila, Eivin Røskaft, Fugo Takasu, Canchao Yang, Bård G Stokke
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/54a398f63c1349b2abd43ed9962d29c5
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