The Vitamin A–Redox Hypothesis: A Biochemical Basis for Honest Signaling via Carotenoid Pigmentation

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• Publication year

  2012

• Venue

  American Naturalist

• Publication date

  2012-10-05

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Chemistry

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  DOI 10.1086/667861PMID 23070328
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