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Free Radical Exposure Creates Paler Carotenoid-Based Ornaments: A Possible Interaction in the Expression of Black and Red Traits

Oxidative stress could be a key selective force shaping the expression of colored traits produced by the primary animal pigments in integuments: carotenoids and melanins. However, the impact of oxidative stress on melanic ornaments has only recently been explored, whereas its role in the expression...

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Autores principales: Alonso-Alvarez, Carlos, Galván, Ismael
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3083443/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21556328
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0019403

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