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The heritability of fluctuating asymmetry and the genetic control of developmental stability.

Proceedings. Biological sciences - 22 Jul 1996

Whitlock M

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Fluctuating asymmetry (FA) is the unsigned difference between the left and right sides for some trait on an organism with no average difference between the sides. Because FA is assumed to reflect differences in development but not in genetic effects, it is often used as a measure of the developmental stability of an organism. The genetic properties of developmental stability, such as the heritability and...

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PMID: 8786993
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1996.0125

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