Correlated development, organism-wide asymmetry and patterns of asymmetry in two moth species

Genetica

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 81-91

  Van Dongen, Stefan ^a,b   Sprengers, Ellen ^b   Löfstedt, Christer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antisymmetry; Correlation; Dependent development; Developmental stability; Fluctuating asymmetry

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032819674     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003682110711     Document Type: Article

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