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Marie R G Attard1,2,3, James Bowen2, Steven J Portugal1,4

  • 1Department of Biological Sciences, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham TW20 0EX, UK.

概括

有图案的鸟蛋比它们的背景有更粗的色素斑点. 这种表面质地差异与息地和其他生命历史特征有关,这表明进化影响了蛋结构.