Heritability of tibia fluctuating asymmetry and developmental instability in the winter moth (Operophtera brumata L.) (Lepidoptera, Geometridae)

Heredity

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 535-542

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Developmental stability; Fitness; Fluctuating asymmetry; Heritability; Operophtera; Repeatability

Indexed keywords

FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; HERITABILITY; OPEROPHTERA BRUMATA; TIBIA;

EID: 0033061463     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6885230     Document Type: Article

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