Male Reproductive Traits, Oxidative Stress and Carotenoids in
Context of Ornamentation: An Experimental Study in the Zebra
Finch.

a 2013

Male Reproductive Traits, Oxidative Stress and Carotenoids in Context of Ornamentation: An Experimental Study in the Zebra Finch.

OPATOVÁ, Pavlína; Oldřich TOMÁŠEK; Jana ALBRECHTOVÁ; Pavel MARŠÍK; Jana SVOBODOVÁ et al.

Základní údaje

Originální název

Male Reproductive Traits, Oxidative Stress and Carotenoids in Context of Ornamentation: An Experimental Study in the Zebra Finch.

Autoři

OPATOVÁ, Pavlína; Oldřich TOMÁŠEK; Jana ALBRECHTOVÁ; Pavel MARŠÍK; Jana SVOBODOVÁ; Michal VINKLER a Tomáš ALBRECHT

Vydání

Book of abstracts of Society of Experimental Biology Annual Main Meeting, 2013

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Konferenční abstrakt

Obor

10600 1.6 Biological sciences

Stát vydavatele

Velká Británie a Severní Irsko

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

URL

Označené pro přenos do RIV

Ano

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14310/13:00072178

Organizační jednotka

Přírodovědecká fakulta

Klíčová slova česky

oxidativní stres; karotenoidy; ornamenty; zebřička pestrá

Klíčová slova anglicky

oxidative stress; carotenoids; ornaments; the Zebra Finch

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam

Změněno: 17. 2. 2014 06:31, Mgr. Bc. Pavlína Opatová, Ph.D.

Anotace

V originále

Sexual traits are thought to be honest indicators of phenotypic quality in many vertebrate species, typically in males. Wide range of various carotenoid ornaments exists in birds, including passerines. Since there is a link between carotenoids, immune system and antioxidant function we can presume a possible impact of metabolism of carotenoids in sperm traits, because quality and male fertility are critically affected by oxidative stress. In other words, carotenoid-based colourful traits, have been proposed to depend on a male’s capacity to resist oxidative stress, and thus to signal sperm quality, and the assumed trade-off between ornamentation and these physiological functions makes carotenoid ornaments costly. In this study we tested the effect of dietary supplementation with carotenoids on sperm motility and beak colour as a main carotenoid ornament in the Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata). We found significant effect of carotenoids treatment on several parameters of beak colouration, but there was no effect on sperm motility which is usually considered as one of the most important characteristic of sperm quality. These findings are being discussed in a poster.

Citovat

OPATOVÁ, Pavlína; Oldřich TOMÁŠEK; Jana ALBRECHTOVÁ; Pavel MARŠÍK; Jana SVOBODOVÁ; Michal VINKLER a Tomáš ALBRECHT. Male Reproductive Traits, Oxidative Stress and Carotenoids in Context of Ornamentation: An Experimental Study in the Zebra Finch. In Book of abstracts of Society of Experimental Biology Annual Main Meeting. 2013.

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OPATOVÁ, Pavlína; Oldřich TOMÁŠEK; Jana ALBRECHTOVÁ; Pavel MARŠÍK; Jana SVOBODOVÁ; Michal VINKLER a Tomáš ALBRECHT. Male Reproductive Traits, Oxidative Stress and Carotenoids in Context of Ornamentation: An Experimental Study in the Zebra Finch. In \textit{Book of abstracts of Society of Experimental Biology Annual Main Meeting}. 2013.

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