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Polymorphic Ros Scavenging Revealed By Cccp In A Lizard, Mats Olsson, Mark Wilson, Caroline Isaksson, Tobias Uller
Polymorphic Ros Scavenging Revealed By Cccp In A Lizard, Mats Olsson, Mark Wilson, Caroline Isaksson, Tobias Uller
Mark R Wilson
Ingestion of antioxidants has been argued to scavenge circulating reactive molecules (e.g., free radicals), play a part in mate choice (by mediating access to this important resource), and perhaps increase life span. However, recent work has come to question these relationships. We have shown elsewhere in the polychromatic lizard, Ctenophorus pictus, that diet supplementation of carotenoids as antioxidants does not depress circulating natural reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels and leads to no corresponding improvement of color traits. However, a much stronger test would be to experimentally manipulate the ROS levels themselves and assess carotenoid-induced ROS depression. Here, we achieve this …
Variation In Levels Of Reactive Oxygen Species Is Explained By Maternal Identity, Sex And Body-Size-Corrected Clutch Size In A Lizard, Mark Wilson, Mats Olsson, Tobias Uller, Caroline Isaksson, Beth Mott
Variation In Levels Of Reactive Oxygen Species Is Explained By Maternal Identity, Sex And Body-Size-Corrected Clutch Size In A Lizard, Mark Wilson, Mats Olsson, Tobias Uller, Caroline Isaksson, Beth Mott
Mark R Wilson
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