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Anthropometric fluctuating asymmetries in living humans through the eyes of an anthropologist.
Emerging topics in life sciences - 9 Sept 2022
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Abstract excerpt
There are many environmental and genetic factors that disrupt the stable structure of development in organisms. Although the strength of these vary, they leave certain signs in the body structure. Fluctuating asymmetry is a widely used population-level index of developmental instability, developmental noise, and robustness. Many bilateral traits are used in fluctuating asymmetry studies in humans. These traits...
Topics
- Anthropometry
- Eye
- Face
- Humans
- Phenotype
