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The interplay between gonadal steroids and immune defence in affecting a carotenoid-dependent trait

The hypothesis that sexual ornaments are honest signals of quality because their expression is dependent on hormones with immune-depressive effects has received ambiguous support. The hypothesis might be correct for those signals that are carotenoid-dependent because the required carotenoid depositi...

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Autores principales: Casagrande, Stefania, Groothuis, Ton G. G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3172405/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21957328
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00265-011-1210-6