Oxidative stress as a cost of reproduction: Beyond the simplistic trade-off model

BioEssays

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 93-106

  Speakman, John R ^a,b   Garratt, Michael ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Life history; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ADENINE NUCLEOTIDE TRANSLOCASE; FREE RADICAL; HYDROXYL RADICAL; OXYGEN RADICAL; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 1;

AGING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CATERING SERVICE; COLD EXPOSURE; COST OF REPRODUCTION; ENERGY CONVERSION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FOOD INTAKE; GENE MUTATION; LITTER SIZE; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; XENOBIOTIC METABOLISM;

LIFE HISTORY; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 84889681131     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: 15211878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.201300108     Document Type: Article

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