PGD-954 screens for genetic fitness; a brood parasite’s survival depends on its physical fitness and its ability to trick the host.
: Many parasites lay eggs that look nearly identical to the host’s eggs in color and pattern to avoid being thrown out. PGD-954 Tour Of Out Chunky Brood Parasite In Be...
: PGD-954 hadn't been created in this lab. It was a "tourist" of the system, its genetic code carefully masked to mimic the high-value worker strains. Like a cuckoo egg slipped into a warbler's nest, the embryo had been swapped into a batch of elite embryos destined for the prestigious "Be-Hive" colonial nursery. PGD-954 screens for genetic fitness; a brood parasite’s
In avian behavior research, "PGD" is sometimes used as an internal acronym for or Population Genotype Distribution in longitudinal studies. While no official paper exists with that exact code, it is plausible that a field researcher studying the Channel-billed Cuckoo might label a video or data log as: It was a "tourist" of the system, its