Visual mimicry of host nestlings by cuckoos

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Langmore, Naomi
Stevens, Martin
Maurer, Golo
Heinsohn, Robert
Hall, Michelle
Peters, Anne-Marie
Kilner, Rebecca

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Royal Society of London

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Coevolution between antagonistic species has produced instances of exquisite mimicry. Among broodparasitic cuckoos, host defences have driven the evolution of mimetic eggs, but the evolutionary arms race was believed to be constrained from progressing to

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Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences

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2037-12-31