An obligate brood parasite trapped in the intraspecific arms race of its hosts

Nature

Volumn 432, Issue 7015, 2004, Pages 390-393

  Lyon, Brace E ^a   Eadie, John McA ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS;

PARASITES;

BIODIVERSITY;

ADAPTATION; BROOD PARASITISM; COEVOLUTION; EGG REJECTION; SELECTION;

ARTICLE; BROOD PARASITISM; DYNAMICS; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; BIRDS; DUCKS; EVOLUTION; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; OVUM; PARASITES; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SEASONS; SELECTION (GENETICS); SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANAS SP.;

EID: 9244233896     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03036     Document Type: Article

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