Nature ecology & evolutionAnimalsNesting BehaviorMaleAdaptationPhysiological
Comparative population genomics reveals convergent adaptation across independent origins of avian obligate brood parasitism.
Ekaterina Osipova, Christopher N Balakrishnan, Claire N Spottiswoode, Jess Lund, Jeffrey M DaCosta, Mark E Hauber, Wesley C Warren, Michael D Sorenson, Timothy B Sackton
Published: 202610.1038/s41559-025-02919-w
Abstract
Parental care evolved as a strategy to enhance offspring survival at the cost of reduced adult survival and fecundity. While 99% of bird species provide parental care, obligate brood parasites circumvent this trade-off by exploiting the parental beha…
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