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Artificial selection reveals heritable variation for developmental instability.

Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Dec 2011

Carter Ashley J R, Houle David

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Fluctuating (nondirectional) asymmetry (FA) of bilaterally paired structures on a symmetrical organism is commonly used to assay the developmental instability (DI) caused by environmental or genetic factors. Although evidence for natural selection to reduce FA has been reported, evidence that FA (and by extension DI) is heritable is weak. We report the use of artificial selection to demonstrate heritable...

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PMID: 22133225
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01393.x

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