Tissue-dependent changes in oxidative damage with male reproductive effort in house mice

Functional Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 423-433

  Garratt, Michael ^a   Mcardle, Francis ^a   Stockley, Paula ^a   Vasilaki, Aphrodite ^a   Beynon, Robert J ^a   Jackson, Malcolm J ^a   Hurst, Jane L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Life history; Major urinary proteins; Mammals; Oxidative stress; Reproduction; Scent signalling; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LIPID; MALE; MATE ATTRACTION; MUSCLE; OLFACTORY CUE; OXIDATION; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PROTEIN; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RODENT; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNAL; SURVIVAL; TERRITORY;

AVES; MAMMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS; MUS MUSCULUS DOMESTICUS;

EID: 84859103461     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2011.01952.x     Document Type: Article

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