Evolutionary biology: Arms races in the eye of the beholder

被引:11
作者
Safran, Rebecca J. [1 ]
Vitousek, Maren N. [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Colorado, Dept Ecol & Evolut Biol, Boulder, CO 80309 USA
[2] Max Planck Inst Ornithol, D-78315 Radolfzell am Bodensee, Germany
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D O I
10.1016/j.cub.2008.07.045
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Perceptual models of the avian visual system accurately predict the egg-rejection ability of species subject to the costly trickery of cuckoos and other brood parasites.
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页码:R734 / R736
页数:3
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