Low-quality birds do not display high-quality signals: The cysteine-pheomelanin mechanism of honesty

Evolution

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 26-38

  Galván, Ismael ^a   Wakamatsu, Kazumasa ^b   Camarero, Pablo R ^c   Mateo, Rafael ^c   Alonso Alvarez, Carlos ^c,d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

^d MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Genotypic quality; Handicaps; House sparrow; Melanins; Signaling

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANTIOXIDANT; BIRD; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; GENOTYPE; PASSERINE; PIGMENT; SIGNAL; SIGNALING;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PASSER DOMESTICUS;

CYSTEINE; MELANIN; PHEOMELANIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; MATE CHOICE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; SPARROW;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; CYSTEINE; FEMALE; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; MELANINS; PIGMENTATION; SPARROWS;

EID: 84925446032     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/evo.12549     Document Type: Article

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