Article
Jamaican Symmetry Project: long-term study of fluctuating asymmetry in rural Jamaican children.
Human biology - 1 Jun 1999
Trivers R, Manning J T, Thornhill R, Singh D, McGuire M
Abstract excerpt
Fluctuating asymmetry, small deviations from perfect bilateral symmetry, is negatively correlated with health and positively correlated with sexual selection in human adults, but the accumulation, persistence, and fitness implications of asymmetries during childhood are largely unknown. Here, we introduce the Jamaican Symmetry Project, a long-term study of fluctuating asymmetry and its physical and behavioral...
Topics
- Analysis of Variance
- Anthropometry
- Body Height
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Female
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- Jamaica
- Male
- Population Surveillance
- Reproducibility of Results
- Rural Population
- Sampling Studies