Yolk testosterone reduces oxidative damages during postnatal development

Biology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 93-95

  Noguera, José Carlos ^a,b   Alonso Alvarez, Carlos ^a   Kim, Sin Yeon ^a   Morales, Judith ^a   Velando, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

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

Author keywords

Androgens; Maternal effects; Metabolic programming; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANTIOXIDANT; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIRD; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; GENOMICS; NESTLING; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMA;

AVES;

EID: 79551482883     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.0421     Document Type: Article

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