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Like mother like daughter

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Female cuckoos rule the roost -- at least when it comes to choosing where to lay their eggs, modern genetics now reveals.

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  1. Gibbs, H.L. et al. Genetic evidence for female host-specific races of the common cuckoo. Nature 407, 183 - 186 2000.

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de Peyer, O. Like mother like daughter. Nature (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/news000914-14

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