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Bacteria and the evolution of honest signals. The case of ornamental throat feathers in spotless starlings
ArticleAbstract: Mechanisms guaranteeing reliability of messages are essential in understanding the underlying informPalabras claves:Bacterial load, Feather-degrading bacteria, Ornaments, Sexual selection, Sturnus unicolor, uropygial glandAutores:Martín-Gálvez D., Ruiz-Castellano C., Ruiz-Rodríguez M., Soler J.J., Tomás Gutierrez, G.Fuentes:scopusAntimicrobial capacity is related to body colouration and reproductive success in female spotless starlings
ArticleAbstract: Pathogenic microorganisms select for a plethora of defensive mechanisms on their hosts. In males ofPalabras claves:animal communication, antimicrobial capacity, antimicrobial defences, innate humoral immunity, sexual selection in females, Sturnus unicolorAutores:Azcárate-García M., Díaz-Lora S., Pérez-Contreras T., Ruiz-Castellano C., Ruiz-Rodríguez M., Soler J.J., Tomás Gutierrez, G.Fuentes:scopusOrnamental Throat Feathers Pbkp_redict Telomere Dynamic and Hatching Success in Spotless Starling (Sturnus unicolor) Males
ArticleAbstract: Sexually selected signals reliably reflect individual phenotypic or genetic quality and, thus, surviPalabras claves:hatching success, Sexual selection, sexual signaling, Sturnus unicolor, telomere dynamics, throat-feathers lengthAutores:Azcárate-García M., Díaz-Lora S., Figuerola J., Martín-Vivaldi M., Martínez-De La Puente J., Pérez-Contreras T., Ruiz-Castellano C., Ruiz-Rodríguez M., Soler J.J., Tomás Gutierrez, G.Fuentes:scopus