Fluctuating asymmetry in a secondary sexual trait: No associations with individual fitness, environmental stress or inbreeding, and no heritability

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 101-113

  Kruuk, Loeske E B ^a,b   Slate, J ^b   Pemberton, J M ^b   Clutton Brock, T H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cervus; Developmental stability; Fluctuating asymmetry; Genetic quality; Inbreeding depression; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL STABILITY; FITNESS; FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEER; ENVIRONMENT; FERTILITY; GENETIC SELECTION; HORN; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PHYSIOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; ANTLERS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; DEER; ENVIRONMENT; FERTILITY; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SCOTLAND; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; CERVUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS;

EID: 0037232478     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.2003.00503.x     Document Type: Article

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