Does fluctuating asymmetry of antlers in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) follow patterns predicted for sexually selected traits?

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 268, Issue 1470, 2001, Pages 891-898

  Ditchkoff, Stephen S ^a,b   Lochmiller, Robert L ^a   Masters, Ronald E ^a   Starry, William R ^c   Leslie Jr , David M ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c McAlester Army Ammunition Plant   (United States)

Author keywords

Antlers; Fluctuating asymmetry; Handicap hypothesis; Odocoileus virginianus; Sexual selection; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; SEXUAL SELECTION; UNGULATE;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BREEDING; CARCASS; DEER; HORN; INHERITANCE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE TAILED DEER;

OKLAHOMA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035821182     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2001.1588     Document Type: Article

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