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Published online 8 November 2007 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2007.228
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Antioxidants can change fish behaviour
Sticklebacks on a low-antioxidant diet are poorer parents.
Antioxidants are all the rage, with research suggesting that they may help to prevent cancer, strokes and heart disease. Now a study highlights how these oxygen-mopping compounds affect more than just cellular health: they also seem to effect behaviour.
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