Maternal effects mediated by antioxidants and the evolution of carotenoid-based signals in birds

American Naturalist

Volumn 174, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 696-708

  Biard, Clotilde ^a,b,j   Gil, Diego ^c   Karada, Filiz ^d,e   Saino, Nicola ^f   Spottiswoode, Claire N ^g,h   Surai, Peter F ^d   Møller, Anders P ⁱ  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR ETHOLOGY   (Austria)

^c MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^d SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^e YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^j UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

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Author keywords

Carotenoids; Egg composition; Sexual dichromatism; Sexual selection; Vitamin A; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANTIOXIDANT; BIRD; CAROTENOID; CLUTCH SIZE; COLOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATE CHOICE; MATERNAL EFFECT; METABOLISM; ORNAMENTATION; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PHENOTYPE; SEXUAL SELECTION; VITAMIN;

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EID: 72449148282     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/606021     Document Type: Article

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