Opposing effects of oxidative challenge and carotenoids on antioxidant status and condition-dependent sexual signalling

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Tomášek, Oldřich ^a,b   Gabrielová, Barbora ^b   Kačer, Petr ^c   Maršík, Petr ^d,e   Svobodová, Jana ^e   Syslová, Kamila ^c   Vinkler, Michal ^b   Albrecht, Tomáš ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^d INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^e CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CAROTENOID;

ANIMAL; FINCH; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CAROTENOIDS; FINCHES; HUMANS; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84961572853     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep23546     Document Type: Article

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