supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos.31071938 to AA,BGS and WL,31272328 to WL,31101646 and 31260514 to CY);Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University (NCET-10-0111 to WL);BGS and FF were funded by the Research Council of Norway (218144)
Brood parasitic birds constitute a model system for the study of coevolution.Such parasites are unique by having evolved unusually thick eggshells for their body size.ick eggshells have been hypothesized to evolve as ...