Age-specific oxidative status and the expression of pre- and postcopulatory sexually selected traits in male red junglefowl, Gallus gallus

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2155-2167

  Noguera, Jose C ^a   Dean, Rebecca ^b,c   Isaksson, Caroline ^b,d   Velando, Alberto ^a   Pizzari, Tommaso ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Oxidative stress; Reproductive restraints; Reproductive senescence; Sexual selection; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890375620     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.300     Document Type: Article

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