Oxidative damage to DNA related to survivorship and carotenoid-based sexual ornamentation in the common yellowthroat

Biology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 429-432

  Freeman Gallant, Corey R ^a   Amidon, Joel ^a   Berdy, Brittany ^a   Wein, Stephanie ^a   Taff, Conor C ^b   Haussmann, Mark F ^c  

^a SKIDMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epigamic signalling; Good genes; Oxidation handicap hypothesis

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID;

ANTIOXIDANT; CAROTENOID; ELECTROKINESIS; GOOD GENES HYPOTHESIS; HANDICAP PRINCIPLE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; ORNAMENTATION; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; PASSERINE; SIGNALING; SURVIVORSHIP;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PIGMENTATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; CAROTENOIDS; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; FEMALE; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PIGMENTATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SONGBIRDS;

GEOTHLYPIS TRICHAS;

EID: 80051695172     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.1186     Document Type: Article

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