Dermatoglyphic asymmetry as a measure of canalization.

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Fluctuating asymmetry has been used frequently, especially in the experimental literature, as a measure of developmental stability. However, the relationship between asymmetry and the ability of the genotype to produce an adaptive phenotype is far from clear. In this paper we evaluate the relationship between asymmetry and the mean of a quantitative trait in humans. The trait used is the a-b ridge-count, the...

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