Natural radioactivity can explain clinal variation in the expression of melanin-based traits

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1197-1203

  Galván, Ismael ^a   Alonso Alvarez, Carlos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

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

Author keywords

Feather melanin; Glutathione; Natural selection; Oxidative stress; Pheomelanin; Terrestrial dose rates

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CLINE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FEATHER; GAMMA RAY RADIATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; IONIZATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LOCAL ADAPTATION; MELANIN; NATURAL SELECTION; PHENOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; RADIOACTIVITY; RAPTOR;

STRIGIFORMES; TYTONIDAE;

EID: 80054085228     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-011-9480-z     Document Type: Article

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