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Fluctuating asymmetry: an epigenetic measure of stress.

Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society - 1 May 1990

Parsons P A

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(1) Fluctuating asymmetry (FA) is a useful trait for monitoring stress in the laboratory and in natural environments. (2) Both genomic and environmental changes can increase FA which represents a deterioration in developmental homeostasis apparent in adult morphology. Genetic perturbations includ...

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Animals
Genetic Variation
Insecta
Phenotype
Stress, Physiological
Vertebrates

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PMID: 2190634
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-185x.1990.tb01186.x

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