Genetics of fluctuating asymmetry: A developmental model of developmental instability

Evolution

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 358-375

  Klingenberg, Christian Peter ^a   Nijhout, H Frederik ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Diffusion threshold model; Dominance; Epistasis; Fluctuating asymmetry; Heritability; Quantitative genetics

Indexed keywords

FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; GENETICS; MODEL;

EID: 0033044478     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1999.tb03772.x     Document Type: Article

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