Shape analysis of symmetric structures: Quantifying variation among individuals and asymmetry

Evolution

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1909-1920

  Klingenberg, Christian Peter ^a   Barluenga, Marta ^a   Meyer, Axel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fluctuating asymmetry; Geometric morphometrics; Morphological variation; Procrustes superimposition; Shape analysis; Symmetry

Indexed keywords

SYMMETRY;

AMPHILOPHUS CITRINELLUS; ANIMALIA; CICHLIDAE; PROCRUSTES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036807802     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2002.tb00117.x     Document Type: Article

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