Free radical exposure creates paler carotenoid-based ornaments: A possible interaction in the expression of black and red traits

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

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

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

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; CAROTENOID; CHOLESTEROL; DIQUAT; EUMELANIN; FREE RADICAL; MELANIN;

ANIMAL ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BIRD; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEATHER; LIPID TRANSPORT; MELANOGENESIS; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; RED LEGGED PARTRIDGE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL; METABOLISM;

ALECTORIS RUFA; ANIMALIA; AVES;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CAROTENOIDS; FEATHERS; FREE RADICALS;

EID: 79955686667     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019403     Document Type: Article

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