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Carotenoids, sexual signals and immune function in barn swallows from Chernobyl.

Carotenoids have been hypothesized to facilitate immune function and act as free-radical scavengers, thereby minimizing the frequency of mutations. Populations of animals exposed to higher levels of free radicals are thus expected to demonstrate reduced sexual coloration if use of carotenoids for fr...

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Autori principali: Camplani, A, Saino, N, Møller, A P
Natura: Artigo
Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: 1999
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1689949/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10406129
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