Fluctuating asymmetry does not consistently reflect severe developmental disorders in human fetuses

Evolution

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1832-1844

  Van Dongen, Stefan ^a   Wijnaendts, Liliane C D ^b   Ten Broek, Clara M A ^c   Galis, Frietson ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Congenital abnormalities; Developmental instability; Fluctuating asymmetry; Human fetuses; Phenodeviance; Prenatal development; Stillbirths

Indexed keywords

ABNORMALITY; ASYMMETRY; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FITNESS; HOMINID; LIMB; MORPHOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CONGENITAL DISORDER; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOGENESIS; PATHOLOGY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

ABORTED FETUS; BAYES THEOREM; BODY PATTERNING; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MALE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 67649419189     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2009.00675.x     Document Type: Article

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