The effect of variation in dietary intake on maternal deposition of antioxidants in zebra finch eggs

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Increased susceptibility to oxidative stress as a proximate cost of reproduction (2004, unknown): “Such difference might reside in the sex-specific use of antioxidant defences, such as carotenoids, which are allocated to eggs by females (Royle et al. 2003) and immobilized in the keratin of the beak by males to produce a sexually selected trait (Blount et al. 2003; Faivre et al. 2003).”
Manipulation of primary sex-ratio: an updated review (2006, background): “In yolk, females can differentially allocate substances such lipids, antioxidants, immuno-globulins and hormones (Royle et al ., 1999, 2003; Blount et al ., 2002; Gasparini et al ., 2002) on a sex-speciﬁc basis.”