黑色素化学与应激生态学。

Melanin chemistry and the ecology of stress.

作者信息

Galván Ismael, Solano Francisco

机构信息

Departamento de Ecología Evolutiva, Estación Biológica de Doñana-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, c/ Américo Vespucio s/n, 41092 Sevilla, Spain; 2Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular B e Inmunología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain.

出版信息

Physiol Biochem Zool. 2015 May-Jun;88(3):352-5. doi: 10.1086/680362. Epub 2015 Jan 29.

DOI:10.1086/680362

PMID:25860833

Abstract

Knowledge of melanin chemistry has important implications for the study of the evolutionary ecology of animal pigmentation, but the actual chemical diversity of these widely expressed biological pigments has been largely overlooked. Considering all melanin forms and the different conditions of endogenous oxidative stress during their synthesis provides information about physiological costs and benefits of different pigmentation patterns and opens a new perspective to understanding the evolution of color phenotypes in animals.

摘要

黑色素化学知识对动物色素沉着的进化生态学研究具有重要意义，但这些广泛表达的生物色素的实际化学多样性在很大程度上被忽视了。考虑到所有黑色素形式及其合成过程中内源性氧化应激的不同条件，可为不同色素沉着模式的生理成本和益处提供信息，并为理解动物颜色表型的进化开辟新视角。