Oxidative stress and the effect of parasites on a carotenoid-based ornament

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 400-407

  Mougeot, F ^a,b   Martinez Padilla J ^c   Blount, J D ^d   Perez Rodriguez L ^b,c   Webster, L M I ^c   Piertney, S B ^c  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antioxidant defences; Honest signalling; Lipid peroxidation; Nematode trichostrongylus tenuis; Oxidative damage; Red grouse lagopus lagopus scoticus; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CAROTENOID; MALONALDEHYDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; FEMALE; GALLIFORMES; HISTOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARASITE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; TIME; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CAROTENOIDS; FEMALE; GALLIFORMES; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARASITES; PIGMENTATION; TIME FACTORS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS;

AVES; LAGOPUS LAGOPUS SCOTICUS; REPTILIA; TETRAONIDAE; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS TENUIS;

EID: 75649088832     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.037101     Document Type: Article

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