Oxidative shielding and the cost of reproduction

Biological Reviews

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 483-497

  Blount, Jonathan D ^a   Vitikainen, Emma I K ^a   Stott, Iain ^a   Cant, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Fetal programming; Life history trade off; Oxidative shielding hypothesis; Oxidative stress; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANIMAL; FEMALE; META ANALYSIS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 84924692454     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/brv.12179     Document Type: Article

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