a: egg pattern ~
b: fingerprint
What:
"The egg pattern is like a fingerprint," Lyon said. "It turns out that in most cases, the parasitism is done by females who have their own nests, and often it's the next-door neighbor, so by comparing the eggs in nearby nests we can tell who's doing it."
Useful?
Writer: Bruce Lyon
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Where:
Date: Oct 7 2014 10:29 AM
# 6447 Critique Analogy