La coevolución con los huéspedes sustenta la especiación en cucos parásitos de cría

N E Langmore1, A Grealy1,2, H-J Noh1

  • 1Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|May 30, 2024
PubMed
Resumen

La coevolución impulsa la especiación en cucos parásitos de cría. El rechazo del huésped selecciona la imitación, causando divergencia genética y aumentando la biodiversidad a través de la diversificación evolutiva.

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