Oxidative stress and information content of black and yellow plumage coloration: An experiment with greenfinches

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 2225-2233

  Hõrak, Peeter ^a   Sild, Elin ^a   Soomets, Ursel ^b   Sepp, Tuul ^a   Kilk, Kalle ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Buthionine sulfoximine; Carduelis chloris; Carotenoids; Eumelanin; Glutathione; Malondialdehyde; Oxidative damage; Oxidative stress; Passerine; Plumage coloration

Indexed keywords

BUTHIONINE SULFOXIMINE; GLUTATHIONE; MALONALDEHYDE; XANTHOPHYLL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; FEATHER; MALE; METABOLISM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PIGMENTATION; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; BUTHIONINE SULFOXIMINE; FEATHERS; GLUTATHIONE; LUTEIN; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PASSERIFORMES; PIGMENTATION;

AVES; CARDUELIS CHLORIS; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 77953580596     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.042085     Document Type: Article

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