Physiological adaptations to reproduction. I. Experimentally increasing litter size enhances aspects of antioxidant defence but does not cause oxidative damage in mice

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 216, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 2879-2888

  Garratt, Michael ^a   Pichaud, Nicolas ^a   King, Edith D Aloise ^a   Brooks, Robert C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ageing; Life history; Reproduction; Senescence; Trade off

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADAPTATION; AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LIFE HISTORY; LITTER SIZE; LIVER; METABOLISM; MOUSE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SENESCENCE; TRADE-OFF;

AGEING; LIFE HISTORY; REPRODUCTION; SENESCENCE; TRADE-OFF;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LITTER SIZE; LIVER; MICE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 84881178287     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.082669     Document Type: Article

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