Fluctuating asymmetry and preferences for sex-typical bodily characteristics

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 35, 2008, Pages 12938-12943

  Brown, William M ^a   Price, Michael E ^a   Kang, Jinsheng ^a   Pound, Nicholas ^a   Zhao, Yue ^a   Yu, Hui ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3D morphometrics; Body shape; Developmental stability; Sexual dimorphism; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY SIZE; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; DEVELOPMENTAL STABILITY; FACIES; FEMALE; FEMININITY; FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; GENOTYPE; GEOMETRY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASCULINITY; MORPHOMETRICS; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SEXUAL SELECTION; SKIN COLOR;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 51349153852     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0710420105     Document Type: Article

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