Article
Fluctuating asymmetry of morphometric characters in house mice: the effects of age, sex, and phenotypical extremeness in a randombred population.
The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000
Parker L T, Leamy L
Abstract excerpt
Fluctuating asymmetry (FA) was calculated for nine paired morphometric characters in a randombred population of house mice in order to assess the effects of age, sex, and phenotypical extremeness. FA did not significantly vary between sexes for any of the characters, and age proved to be significant only for innominate length. Additionally, FA values in high extreme individuals and low extreme individuals were...
Topics
- Aging
- Analysis of Variance
- Animals
- Bone and Bones
- Female
- Genetics, Population
- Homozygote
- Male
- Mice
- Phenotype
- Random Allocation
- Sex Characteristics
