The oxidation handicap hypothesis and the carotenoid allocation trade-off

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1789-1797

  Alonso Alvarez, C ^a   Perez Rodriguez L ^a,b   Mateo, R ^a   Chastel, O ^c   Vinuela J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Carotenoids; Coloured traits; Glutathione; Lipid peroxidation; Oxidative stress; Physiological trade off; Red legged partridges; Resource allocation; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANTIANDROGEN; CAROTENOID; FLUTAMIDE; GLUTATHIONE; TESTOSTERONE;

BIRD; CAROTENOID; COLOR; FREE RADICAL; OXIDATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GALLIFORMES; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; RANDOMIZATION;

ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CAROTENOIDS; FEMALE; FLUTAMIDE; GALLIFORMES; GLUTATHIONE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PIGMENTATION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TESTOSTERONE;

ALECTORIS RUFA; AVES;

EID: 54049139684     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2008.01591.x     Document Type: Article

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