Is reproduction costly? No increase of oxidative damage in breeding bank voles

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 215, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1799-1805

  Ołdakowski, Łukasz ^a   Piotrowska, Zaneta ^a,c   Chrza̧ścik, Katarzyna M ^b   Sadowska, Edyta T ^b   Koteja, Pawel ^b   Taylor, Jan R E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bank vole; Cost of reproduction; Oxidative damage; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARVICOLINAE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD; BODY SIZE; BREEDING; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; LITTER SIZE; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN CARBONYLATION; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; BODY SIZE; BREEDING; ENERGY METABOLISM; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORGAN SIZE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN CARBONYLATION; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALIA; CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; MURIDAE;

EID: 84861596891     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.068452     Document Type: Article

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