Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item:
http://hdl.handle.net/10773/17626
Title: | Fluctuating asymmetry as a proxy for oxidative stress in wild boar |
Author: | Cánovas, Miguel Mentaberre, Gregorio Tvarijonaviciute, Asta Casas-Díaz, Encarna Navarro-González, Nora Lavín, Santiago Soriguer, Ramón C. González-Candela, Mónica Serrano, Emmanuel |
Keywords: | Ecological indicators Developmental instability Physiological stress Sus scrofa |
Issue Date: | 2015 |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Abstract: | The study of fluctuating asymmetry (FA) in living organisms has produced contradictory results over the past few decades of research. Though the protocol for measuring FA is firmly established, the sources of FA remain unclear in many cases. Our goal is to examine the relationship between FA and both the concentration of biomarkers of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and body condition in a medium-sized mammal, the European wild boar (Sus scrofa). Using a Partial Least Squares regression (PLSr), we found a positive significant relationship (Stone–Geisser test) between oxidative stress and FA but a negative relationship between oxidative stress and body condition. Our results suggest that FA can be used to assess the physiological costs associated with oxidative stress in mammals. |
Peer review: | yes |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10773/17626 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.mambio.2015.03.004 |
ISSN: | 1616-5047 |
Appears in Collections: | CESAM - Artigos DBio - Artigos |
Files in This Item:
File | Description | Size | Format | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1-s2.0-S1616504715000300-main.pdf | 638.29 kB | Adobe PDF |
Items in DSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.