Figure 4
The effect of model egg treatment on POMC expression in the pituitary in a subset of female American robins. Prior to FDR correction, females experimentally parasitized with non-mimetic beige eggs (n=6) showed higher POMC expression compared to females experimentally parasitized with mimetic blue eggs (n=7). Black dots indicate females that had had not rejected the egg within two hours, while red dots indicate females that rejected the egg. POMC expression differences were not significant after FDR correction.