Directional asymmetry and the measurement of developmental instability

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-16

  Graham, John H ^a   Emlen, John M ^b   Freeman, D Carl ^c   Leamy, Larry J ^d   Kieser, Jules A ^e  

^a BERRY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Northwest Biological Science Center   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Antisymmetry; Fluctuating asymmetry; Glycine; Major axis regression; Mus; Uca

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL INSTABILITY; DIRECTIONAL ASYMMETRY; RESIDUAL VARIANCE;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GLYCINE MAX; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS; OCYPODIDAE; UCA;

EID: 0031812732     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bijl.1998.0217     Document Type: Article

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