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U. of I. News: Birds' eye size offers clues to coevolutionary arms race between brood parasites, hosts

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Contributed photo | illinois.edu

Contributed photo | illinois.edu

University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign issued the following announcement on Sept. 28

Eye size likely plays a role in the contest between avian brood parasites – birds that lay their eggs in the nests of other species – and their hosts, who sometimes detect the foreign eggs and eject or abandon them, scientists report.
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