Yolk testosterone shapes the expression of a melanin-based signal in great tits: An antioxidant-mediated mechanism?

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 3127-3130

  Galván, Ismael ^a,c   Alonso Alvarez, Carlos ^b  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

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

^c DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Maternal effect; Melanin; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; GLUTATHIONE; MELANIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EGG YOLK; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOTYPE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RANDOMIZATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; EGG YOLK; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE; MALE; MELANINS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PASSERIFORMES; PHENOTYPE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TESTOSTERONE;

AVES; PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 77956357547     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.045096     Document Type: Article

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