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The tale of the parasitic cuckoos

These days, investigations of evolutionary events in groups of organisms can be taken well beyond the just-so story. Analysis of how members of the cuckoo family became 'brood parasites' provides a wonderful example.

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van Noordwijk, A. The tale of the parasitic cuckoos. Nature 416, 687–690 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/416687a

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