How common cuckoos adapt to multiple hosts

Michael D Sorenson¹, Claire N Spottiswoode^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA.
² FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
³ Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.

Comment

Michael D Sorenson et al. Science. 2025.

. 2025 Oct 30;390(6772):440-441.

doi: 10.1126/science.aec1973. Epub 2025 Oct 30.

Michael D Sorenson¹, Claire N Spottiswoode^{2

3}

¹ Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA.
² FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
³ Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.

Abstract

Genomic data reveal the complexity of egg mimicry evolution in cuckoos.

Genomic architecture of egg mimicry and its consequences for speciation in parasitic cuckoos.
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