A transcriptomic investigation of handicap models in sexual selection

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 221-234

  Wenzel, Marius A ^a   Webster, Lucy M I ^a,b   Paterson, Steve ^c   Mougeot, François ^d,e   Martínez Padilla, Jesús ^f   Piertney, Stuart B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b Science and Advice for Scottish Agriculture   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

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

^f MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

ICHH; Immunocompetence handicap hypothesis; OSHH; Oxidative stress handicap hypothesis; Sexual selection; Transcriptomics

Indexed keywords

GAMEBIRD; HANDICAP PRINCIPLE; HONEST SIGNALING; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MORPHOLOGY; OXYGEN; SEXUAL SELECTION; TESTOSTERONE;

AVES; LAGOPUS LAGOPUS SCOTICUS; TETRAONIDAE;

EID: 84872421043     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-012-1442-0     Document Type: Article

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