What do we know about the heritability of developmental instability? Answers from a Bayesian model

Evolution

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1033-1042

  Van Dongen, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bayesian; Developmental instability; Fluctuating asymmetry; Heritability; Sibling analysis

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HERITABILITY; METHODOLOGY; SIBLING;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; MORPHOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORPHOGENESIS;

EID: 34247854922     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2007.00096.x     Document Type: Article

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