Fluctuating asymmetry: Methods, theory, and applications

Symmetry

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 466-540

  Graham, John H ^a   Raz, Shmuel ^b   Hel Or, Hagit ^b   Nevo, Eviatar ^b  

^a BERRY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Continuous symmetry measures; Developmental instability; Evolution canyon; Fitness; Genomic coadaptation; Landmark methods; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957193045     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20738994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/sym2020466     Document Type: Review

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