Good genes, oxidative stress and condition-dependent sexual signals

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1414, 1999, Pages 1-12

  Von Schantz, Torbjörn ^a   Bensch, Staffan ^a   Grahn, Mats ^a,b   Hasselquist, Dennis ^a   Wittzell, Håkan ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Allelic variation; Detoxication; Major histocompatibility complex; Oxidative stress; Sexual ornaments

Indexed keywords

FREE RADICAL;

GENETICS; MATE CHOICE; ORNAMENTATION; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EVOLUTION; FITNESS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MATING; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033531228     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0597     Document Type: Article

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