Asymmetry, Developmental Stability, and Evolution
Why does nature love symmetry? In this up-to-date review of symmetry and its evolutionary implications, Anders Moller and John Swaddle argue that symmetry is related to genetic stability and fitness and that symmetric individuals appear to have quantifiable and significant advantages overtheir asymmetric counterparts. In contrast, asymmetry, a common measure of developmental instability, is the result of environmental or genetic disruptions of developmental processes, such as pollutants, competition, parasitism, inbreeding, genetic mutation, and hybridization. Moller and Swaddlemaintain that deviations from morphological symmetry are importan…
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Weitere Autoren: Moller, Anders P. / Swaddle, John P.
- ISBN: 978-0-19-854894-2
- EAN: 9780198548942
- Produktnummer: 22687588
- Verlag: OUP Oxford
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1997
- Seitenangabe: 304 S.
- Masse: H23.4 cm x B15.6 cm x D1.6 cm 465 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 465
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