FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY AND SEXUAL SELECTION

Authors
WATSON PJ THORNHILL R
Citation
Pj. Watson et R. Thornhill, FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY AND SEXUAL SELECTION, Trends in ecology & evolution, 9(1), 1994, pp. 21-25
Citations number
51
Categorie Soggetti
Genetics & Heredity",Ecology
Journal title
Trends in ecology & evolution → ACNP
ISSN journal
01695347
Volume
9
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
21 - 25
Database
ISI
SICI code
0169-5347(1994)9:1<21:FAASS>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
Behavioral ecologists are being attracted to the study of within-indiv idual morphological variability, manifested in random deviations from bilateral symmetry, as a means of ascertaining the stress susceptibili ty of developmental regulatory mechanisms. Several early successes ind icate that incorporating measures of symmetry into sexual-selection st udies may help link individual sexual success to a basic component of viability - developmental stability