Reproduction is not costly in terms of oxidative stress

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 218, Issue 24, 2015, Pages 3901-3910

  Odakowski, Lukasz ^a   Wasiluk, Aleksandra ^a   Sadowska, Edyta T ^b   Koteja, Pawe ^b   Taylor, Jan R E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Cost of reproduction; Manipulation of litter size; Myodes glareolus; Oxidative damage; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE;

ANIMAL; ARVICOLINAE; FEMALE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LITTER SIZE; METABOLISM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN CARBONYLATION; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ARVICOLINAE; CATALASE; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LITTER SIZE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN CARBONYLATION; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 84962540411     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.126557     Document Type: Article

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