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List of works by Carlos Alonso-Alvarez

Accumulation of dietary carotenoids, retinoids and tocopherol in the internal tissues of a bird: a hypothesis for the cost of producing colored ornaments

scientific article published on 25 November 2014

Adaptive downregulation of pheomelanin-related Slc7a11 gene expression by environmentally induced oxidative stress

scientific article published on 18 December 2016

Age and breeding effort as sources of individual variability in oxidative stress markers in a bird species.

scientific article published in January 2010

Age-dependent changes in plasma biochemistry of yellow-legged gulls (Larus cachinnans).

scientific article published in April 2005

An experimental test of the dose-dependent effect of carotenoids and immune activation on sexual signals and antioxidant activity.

scientific article published on 29 September 2004

An intracellular antioxidant determines the expression of a melanin-based signal in a bird

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Antioxidant Machinery Differs between Melanic and Light Nestlings of Two Polymorphic Raptors ⬇️

scientific article published on October 14, 2010

Astaxanthin and papilioerythrinone in the skin of birds: a chromatic convergence of two metabolic routes with different precursors?

scientific article published on 2 April 2014

Avoiding bad genes: oxidatively damaged DNA in germ line and mate choice

scientific article published on 01 November 2008

Black bib size is associated with feather content of pheomelanin in male house sparrows.

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Buthionine sulfoximine diverts the melanogenesis pathway toward the production of more soluble and degradable pigments

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Carotenoid-based coloration predicts both longevity and lifetime fecundity in male birds, but testosterone disrupts signal reliability

scientific article published on 23 August 2019

Carotenoids modulate the trade-off between egg production and resistance to oxidative stress in zebra finches.

scientific article published on 10 December 2005

Cell-mediated immune activation rapidly decreases plasma carotenoids but does not affect oxidative stress in red-legged partridges (Alectoris rufa).

scientific article published on July 2008

Contrasted effects of an oxidative challenge and α-melanocyte-stimulating hormone on cellular immune responsiveness: an experiment with red-legged partridges Alectoris rufa.

scientific article published on 11 December 2011

Covariation in oxidative stress markers in the blood of nestling and adult birds.

scientific article published on 5 February 2014

Dietary canthaxanthin reduces xanthophyll uptake and red coloration in adult red-legged partridges

scientific article published on 12 November 2018

Effects of acute exposure to heavy fuel oil from the Prestige spill on a seabird.

scientific article published on 14 June 2007

Families on the spot: sexual signals influence parent-offspring interactions.

scientific article published on 8 April 2009

Free Radical Exposure Creates Paler Carotenoid-Based Ornaments: A Possible Interaction in the Expression of Black and Red Traits ⬇️

scientific article published on April 27, 2011

Free and esterified carotenoids in ornaments of an avian species: the relationship to color expression and sources of variability.

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Genetic correlation between resistance to oxidative stress and reproductive life span in a bird species

scientific article published on 05 October 2009

Identification of carotenoid pigments and their fatty acid esters in an avian integument combining HPLC–DAD and LC–MS analyses ⬇️

scientific article published on December 29, 2010

Individual quality via sensitivity to cysteine availability in a melanin-based honest signaling system.

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Low-quality birds do not display high-quality signals: The cysteine-pheomelanin mechanism of honesty

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Measuring oxidative stress: the confounding effect of lipid concentration in measures of lipid peroxidation

scientific article published on 23 February 2015

Mitochondria-targeted molecules determine the redness of the zebra finch bill

scientific article published in October 2017

Nest-dwelling ectoparasites reduce antioxidant defences in females and nestlings of a passerine: a field experiment

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Relationships between hair melanization, glutathione levels, and senescence in wild boars

scientific article published on 11 June 2012

Repeated sampling but not sampling hour affects plasma carotenoid levels.

scientific article published on 3 January 2007

Specific carotenoid pigments in the diet and a bit of oxidative stress in the recipe for producing red carotenoid-based signals

scientific article published on September 2016

Sublethal toxicity of the Prestige oil spill on yellow-legged gulls

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Testing the carotenoid-based sexual signalling mechanism by altering CYP2J19 gene expression and colour in a bird species

scientific article published on 11 November 2020

Testing the shared-pathway hypothesis in the carotenoid-based coloration of red crossbills

scientific article published on 04 August 2020

Testosterone and oxidative stress: the oxidation handicap hypothesis

scientific article published on 01 March 2007

Testosterone-mediated trade-offs in the old age: a new approach to the immunocompetence handicap and carotenoid-based sexual signalling

scientific article published on 11 March 2009

The effects of testosterone manipulation on the body condition of captive male yellow-legged gulls

scientific article published in February 2002

The fractal dimension of a conspicuous ornament varies with mating status and shows assortative mating in wild red-legged partridges (Alectoris rufa)

scientific article published on 29 June 2018

The level of an intracellular antioxidant during development determines the adult phenotype in a bird species: a potential organizer role for glutathione.

scientific article published on 22 January 2015

The oxidation handicap hypothesis and the carotenoid allocation trade-off.

scientific article published on 18 August 2008

The oxidative cost of reproduction depends on early development oxidative stress and sex in a bird species

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Variation in Reproductive Success Across Captive Populations: Methodological Differences, Potential Biases and Opportunities

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