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
Materias:	Science Q
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/54a398f63c1349b2abd43ed9962d29c5
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:54a398f63c1349b2abd43ed9962d29c52021-12-02T14:39:13ZAncient origin and maternal inheritance of blue cuckoo eggs10.1038/ncomms102722041-1723https://doaj.org/article/54a398f63c1349b2abd43ed9962d29c52016-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10272https://doaj.org/toc/2041-1723The 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.Frode FossøyMichael D SorensonWei LiangTorbjørn EkremArne MoksnesAnders P MøllerJarkko RutilaEivin RøskaftFugo TakasuCanchao YangBård G StokkeNature PortfolioarticleScienceQENNature Communications, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-6 (2016)
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spellingShingle	Science Q 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 Ancient origin and maternal inheritance of blue cuckoo eggs
description	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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author	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
author_facet	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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title	Ancient origin and maternal inheritance of blue cuckoo eggs
title_short	Ancient origin and maternal inheritance of blue cuckoo eggs
title_full	Ancient origin and maternal inheritance of blue cuckoo eggs
title_fullStr	Ancient origin and maternal inheritance of blue cuckoo eggs
title_full_unstemmed	Ancient origin and maternal inheritance of blue cuckoo eggs
title_sort	ancient origin and maternal inheritance of blue cuckoo eggs
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Ancient origin and maternal inheritance of blue cuckoo eggs

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