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Testosterone and oxidative stress: the oxidation handicap hypothesis

Secondary sexual traits (SST) are usually thought to have evolved as honest signals of individual quality during mate choice. Honesty of SST is guaranteed by the cost of producing/maintaining them. In males, the expression of many SST is testosterone-dependent. The immunocompetence handicap hypothes...

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Main Authors: Alonso-Alvarez, Carlos, Bertrand, Sophie, Faivre, Bruno, Chastel, Olivier, Sorci, Gabriele
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: The Royal Society 2006
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2093982/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17251089
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2006.3764
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