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Egg rejection and egg recognition mechanisms in Oriental Reed Warblers [PDF]
Avian Research, 2021 Background Nest parasitism by cuckoos (Cuculus spp.) results in enormous reproductive failure and forces hosts to evolve antiparasitic strategies, i.e., recognition of own eggs and rejection of cuckoo eggs.
Laikun Ma, Wei Liang
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Analysis of Egg Variation and Foreign Egg Rejection in Rüppell’s Weaver (Ploceus galbula) [PDF]
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Egg appearance is notable for its variation and as a source of recognition cues in bird species that are subject to egg-mimicking brood parasitism. Here I analyze the egg appearance of an East African weaverbird species that has variable eggs and is a ...
David C. Lahti, David C. Lahti
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Brood parasitism and egg recognition in three bunting hosts of the cuckoos
Ecology and Evolution, 2023 Comparative studies of egg recognition and rejection between various sympatric hosts provide insight into the coevolutionary history of the hosts and parasites, as well as the degree of antagonism between the species.
Yuhan Zhang +4 more
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Parental care can be costly to parents’ fitness. As such, abandonment of the current reproductive attempt may benefit potential future opportunities, maximising lifetime reproductive success.
Antoine V. Turcotte-van de Rydt +6 more
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Egg rejection and clutch phenotype variation in the plain prinia Prinia inornata
Journal of Avian Biology, 2016 Avian hosts of brood parasites can evolve anti‐parasitic defenses to recognize and reject foreign eggs from their nests. Theory predicts that higher inter‐clutch and lower intra‐clutch variation in egg appearance facilitates hosts to detect parasitic ...
Longwu Wang +5 more
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The Perceptual and Cognitive Processes That Govern Egg Rejection in Hosts of Avian Brood Parasites
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Hosts of avian brood parasites are under intense selective pressure to prevent or reduce the cost of parasitism. Many have evolved refined egg discrimination abilities, which can select for eggshell mimicry in their parasite.
Daniel Hanley +3 more
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Model eggs fail to detect egg recognition in host populations after brood parasitism is relaxed
Frontiers in Zoology, 2020 Background Obligate brood parasites exert strong selective pressure on target hosts. In response, hosts typically evolve anti-parasitism strategies, of which egg recognition is one of the most efficient.
Canchao Yang +5 more
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Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Avian brood parasitism is reproductively costly for hosts and selects for cognitive features enabling anti‐parasitic resistance at multiple stages of the host's breeding cycle.
Andrew G. Fulmer, Mark E. Hauber
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Avian Research, 2023 Recognition and rejection of foreign eggs are effective defense of hosts against brood parasitism. However, brood parasitism can impose various selection pressures on different geographic populations of the same host species.
Jianping Liu, Longwu Wang, Wei Liang
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Communications BiologyAdaptations are driven by specific natural selection pressures throughout biological evolution. However, these cannot inherently align with future shifts in selection dynamics, thus manifesting in opposing directions.
Canchao Yang, Ziqi Zhang
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