Low-quality birds do not display high-quality signals: The cysteine-pheomelanin mechanism of honesty

Buthionine sulfoximine diverts the melanogenesis pathway toward the production of more soluble and degradable pigments

(2014) Ismael Galván et al.   BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS

Covariation in Oxidative Stress Markers in the Blood of Nestling and Adult Birds

(2014) Ana Angela Romero-Haro et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ZOOLOGY

Black bib size is associated with feather content of pheomelanin in male house sparrows

(2014) Ismael Galván et al.   Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research

Genetic Constraints on Dishonesty and Caste Dimorphism in an Ant

(2013) Luke Holman et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

How does pheomelanin synthesis contribute to melanomagenesis?

(2013) Ann M. Morgan et al.   BIOESSAYS

Study of disulfide reduction and alkyl chloroformate derivatization of plasma sulfur amino acids using gas chromatography–mass spectrometry

(2012) Zdeněk Švagera et al.   ANALYTICAL AND BIOANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Has removal of excess cysteine led to the evolution of pheomelanin?

(2012) Ismael Galván et al.   BIOESSAYS

It pays to cheat: tactical deception in a cephalopod social signalling system

(2012) C. Brown et al.   Biology Letters

High prevalence of cataracts in birds with pheomelanin-based colouration

(2012) Ismael Galván et al.   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

Correlations of Condition, Testosterone, and Age with Multiple Ornaments in Male House Sparrows: Patterns and Implications

(2012) Silke Laucht et al.   CONDOR

COSTS AND CONSTRAINTS CONSPIRE TO PRODUCE HONEST SIGNALING: INSIGHTS FROM AN ANT QUEEN PHEROMONE

(2012) Luke Holman   EVOLUTION

Between cheap and costly signals: the evolution of partially honest communication

(2012) K. J. S. Zollman et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Brain size and the expression of pheomelanin-based colour in birds

(2011) I. GALVÁN et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

The cost of honesty and the fallacy of the handicap principle

(2010) Szabolcs Számadó   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

RESEARCH PAPER: Multiple Sexual Ornamentation Signals Male Quality and Predicts Female Preference in Minnows

(2010) Jukka Kekäläinen et al.   ETHOLOGY

Individual variation in plasma testosterone levels and its relation to badge size in House Sparrows Passer domesticus: It’s a night-and-day difference

(2010) Silke Laucht et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

Oxidative stress and information content of black and yellow plumage coloration: an experiment with greenfinches

(2010) P. Horak et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Bird population declines due to radiation exposure at Chernobyl are stronger in species with pheomelanin-based coloration

(2010) Ismael Galván et al.   OECOLOGIA

Antioxidant Machinery Differs between Melanic and Light Nestlings of Two Polymorphic Raptors

(2010) Ismael Galván et al.   PLoS One

Life history correlates of oxidative damage in a free-living mammal population

(2009) Daniel H. Nussey et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Individual Facial Coloration in Male Eulemur fulvus rufus: A Condition-dependent Ornament?

(2009) Dagmar Clough et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY

Age and Breeding Effort as Sources of Individual Variability in Oxidative Stress Markers in a Bird Species

(2009) Carlos Alonso‐Álvarez et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ZOOLOGY

The evolution of eu- and pheomelanic traits may respond to an economy of pigments related to environmental oxidative stress

(2009) Ismael Galván et al.   Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research

The expression of melanin-based plumage is separately modulated by exogenous oxidative stress and a melanocortin

(2009) I. Galvan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

An update on the honesty of melanin-based color signals in birds

(2008) Kevin J. McGraw   Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research

An Intracellular Antioxidant Determines the Expression of a Melanin-Based Signal in a Bird

(2008) Ismael Galván et al.   PLoS One

The cheek plumage patch is an amplifier of dominance in great tits

(2007) I. Galvan et al.   Biology Letters