Testing the carotenoid trade-off hypothesis in the polychromatic midas cichlid, amphilophus citrinellus

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 333-342

  Lin, Susan M ^a   Nieves Puigdoller, Katherine ^a   Brown, Alexandria C ^a,c   McGraw, Kevin J ^b   Clotfelter, Ethan D ^a  

^a AMHERST COLLEGE   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; LYSOZYME;

CAROTENOID; CICHLID; DATA ACQUISITION; DIET; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; IMMUNITY; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; INNATE BEHAVIOR; ONTOGENY; PERCIFORM; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SPECTROMETRY; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CICHLID; COLOR; COMPLEMENT ALTERNATIVE PATHWAY; DIET; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; SKIN; SPECTROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; CAROTENOIDS; CICHLIDS; COLOR; COMPLEMENT PATHWAY, ALTERNATIVE; DIET; IMMUNITY, INNATE; MURAMIDASE; PIGMENTATION; SKIN; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

AMPHILOPHUS CITRINELLUS; ANIMALIA; CICHLIDAE;

EID: 77749291735     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/649965     Document Type: Article

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