The vitamin A-Redox hypothesis: A biochemical basis for honest signaling via carotenoid pigmentation

American Naturalist

Volumn 180, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Hill, Geoffrey E ^a   Johnson, James D ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

carotene ketolase; 4 keto carotenoid; Cardueline finch; Condition dependent trait; Oxidative state; Plumage coloration; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE KETOLASE; BETA-CAROTENE KETOLASE; OXYGENASE; RETINOL;

ANTIOXIDANT; BIOCHEMISTRY; CAROTENOID; CATALYSIS; HONEST SIGNALING; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; ORNAMENTATION; OXIDATION; PASSERINE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLUMAGE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEXUAL SELECTION; TRADE-OFF; VITAMIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEATHER; FINCH; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; FEATHERS; FINCHES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGENASES; PIGMENTATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VITAMIN A;

EID: 84867717643     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/667861     Document Type: Article

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