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Oxidative physiology is weakly associated with pigmentation in birds

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The mechanistic link between avian oxidative physiology and plumage coloration has attracted considerable attention in past decades. Hence, multiple proximal hypotheses were proposed to explain how oxidative state might covary with the production of melanin and carotenoid pigments. Some hypotheses underscore that these pigments (or their precursors, e.g., glutathione) have antioxidant capacities or function as molecules storing the toxic excess of intracellular compounds, while others highlight that these pigments can act as pro-oxidants under specific conditions. Most studies addressing these associations are at the intraspecific level, while phylogenetic comparative studies are still scarce, though needed to assess the generality of these associations. Here, we tested whether plumage and bare part coloration were related to oxidative physiology at an interspecific level by measuring five oxidative physiology markers (three nonenzymatic antioxidants and two markers of lipid peroxidative damage) in 1387 individuals of 104 European bird species sampled during the breeding season, and by scoring plumage eumelanin, pheomelanin, and carotenoid content for each sex and species. Only the plasma level of reactive oxygen metabolites
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hal-03849678 , version 1 (14-11-2022)

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Attila Marton, Csongor I Vágási, Orsolya Vincze, Veronika Bókony, Péter L Pap, et al.. Oxidative physiology is weakly associated with pigmentation in birds. Ecology and Evolution, 2022, 12 (8), ⟨10.1002/ece3.9177⟩. ⟨hal-03849678⟩
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