Carotenoid maintenance handicap and the physiology of carotenoid-based signalisation of health

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 19-28

  Vinkler, Michal ^a,b   Albrecht, Tomáš ^a,b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Carotenoids; Ornamentation; Oxidative stress; Testosterone; Trade off

Indexed keywords

BIOAVAILABILITY; CAROTENOID; HANDICAP PRINCIPLE; HONEST SIGNALING; ORNAMENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL SELECTION; TESTOSTERONE; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CAROTENOIDS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PIGMENTATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TESTOSTERONE; VITAMIN E;

EID: 73649092780     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-009-0595-9     Document Type: Review

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