Inbreeding not stress increases fluctuating asymmetry in the bulb mite

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 287-295

  Radwan, Jacek ^a,b  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental stability; Fluctuating asymmetry; Heterozygosity; Inbreeding depression; Rhizoglyphus robini

Indexed keywords

ACARI; INVERTEBRATA; RAPHIA FRATER; RHIZOGLYPHUS;

EID: 0344274598     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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