| Title |
Coevolution in Action: Disruptive Selection on Egg Colour in an Avian Brood Parasite and Its Host
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, May 2010
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0010816 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Canchao Yang, Wei Liang, Yan Cai, Suhua Shi, Fugo Takasu, Anders P. Møller, Anton Antonov, Frode Fossøy, Arne Moksnes, Eivin Røskaft, Bård G. Stokke |
| Abstract |
Trait polymorphism can evolve as a consequence of frequency-dependent selection. Coevolutionary interactions between hosts and parasites may lead to selection on both to evolve extreme phenotypes deviating from the norm, through disruptive selection. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 90 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 3% |
| Portugal | 1 | 1% |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1% |
| Czechia | 1 | 1% |
| China | 1 | 1% |
| Romania | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 82 | 91% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 18 | 20% |
| Researcher | 17 | 19% |
| Student > Master | 15 | 17% |
| Student > Bachelor | 8 | 9% |
| Professor | 8 | 9% |
| Other | 13 | 14% |
| Unknown | 11 | 12% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 58 | 64% |
| Environmental Science | 8 | 9% |
| Psychology | 3 | 3% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 2 | 2% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 1 | 1% |
| Other | 3 | 3% |
| Unknown | 15 | 17% |