On the distribution of developmental errors: Comparing the normal, gamma, and log-normal distribution

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 197-210

  Van Dongen, Stefan ^a   MØller, Anders P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b Laboratoire de Parasitologie Evolutive CNRS UMR 7103 UFR 927   (France)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Bayesian; Developmental instability; Lateral; Radial

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT;

EID: 34548773410     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2007.00880.x     Document Type: Article

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