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An appraisal of how the vitamin A-redox hypothesis can maintain honesty of carotenoid-dependent signals

The vitamin A-redox hypothesis provides an explanation for honest signaling of phenotypic quality by carotenoid-dependent traits. A key aspect of the vitamin A-redox hypothesis, applicable to both yellow and red coloration, is the hypothesized negative feedback of tightly regulated Vitamin A plasma...

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Autores principales: Simons, Mirre J P, Groothuis, Ton G G, Verhulst, Simon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BlackWell Publishing Ltd 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4298449/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25628879
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1364