Do carotenoids buffer testosterone-induced immunosuppression? An experimental test in a colourful songbird

Biology Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 375-378

  McGraw, Kevin J ^a,b   Ardia, Daniel R ^a,c  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotenoid coloration; Hormones; Immunity; Taeniopygia guttata; Zebra finch

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; TESTOSTERONE; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ;

BLOOD; CAROTENOID; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HONEST SIGNALING; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MORPHOLOGY; ORNAMENTATION; SONGBIRD; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; GENOTYPE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SONGBIRD; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG EFFECT; EDEMA; FEMALE; FINCH; FORELIMB; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; METABOLISM;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PASSERI; PISCES; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

ANIMALS; CAROTENOIDS; EDEMA; FEMALE; FINCHES; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; MALE; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; TESTOSTERONE; WING;

EID: 35248872998     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0190     Document Type: Article

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