Antioxidants in eggs of great tits Parus major from Chernobyl and hatching success

• Title: Antioxidants in eggs of great tits Parus major from Chernobyl and hatching success

Author: Møller, Anders Pape / Karadas, Filis / Mousseau, Timothy A.

Reference: Journal of Comparative Physiology B, 178 (6), p.735-743, Aug 2008     

doi: 10.1007/s00360-008-0262-z

Keywords: Antioxidants · Clutch size · Dose rate ·Hatching success · Laying date

Abstract: Antioxidants are powerful protectors against the damaging eVects of free radicals that constitute the inevitable by-products of aerobic metabolism. Growing embryos are particularly susceptible to the damaging eVects of free radicals produced during rapid growth, and mothers of many species provide protection against such damage by allocating antioxidants to their eggs.

URL:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18392836

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