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Fluctuating Asymmetry

Fluctuating Asymmetry is a biological metric that quantifies minor, random deviations from perfect bilateral symmetry in otherwise symmetrical traits, serving as an indicator of developmental instability.

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FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY: Measurement, Analysis, Patterns

A. Richard Palmer, Curtis Strobeck · Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics · 1986 · 2.1K citations

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A STUDY OF FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY

Leigh Van Valen · Evolution · 1962 · 1.5K citations

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GEOMETRIC MORPHOMETRICS OF DEVELOPMENTAL INSTABILITY: ANALYZING PATTERNS OF FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY WITH PROCRUSTES METHODS

Christian Peter Klingenberg, Grant S. McIntyre · Evolution · 1998 · 809 citations · Full text

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A Study of Fluctuating Asymmetry

Leigh Van Valen · Evolution · 1962 · 739 citations

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Geometric Morphometrics of Developmental Instability: Analyzing Patterns of Fluctuating Asymmetry with Procrustes Methods

Christian Peter Klingenberg, Grant S. McIntyre · Evolution · 1998 · 458 citations

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    Stefan Van Dongen

    University of Antwerp, Belgium

    22 publications · 936 citations

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    Larry J. Leamy

    University of North Carolina at Charlotte, United States

    13 publications · 1.2K citations

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    Steven W. Gangestad

    University of New Mexico, United States

    13 publications · 2.1K citations

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  4. CP
    Christian Peter Klingenberg

    University of Manchester, United Kingdom

    12 publications · 2.7K citations

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  5. LL
    Luc Lens

    Ghent University, Belgium

    11 publications · 555 citations

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  1. University of Antwerp

    Antwerp, Belgium

    18 h-index

    37 publications

    1.7K citations

  2. University of New Mexico

    Albuquerque, United States

    17 h-index

    37 publications

    6K citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    14 h-index

    36 publications

    1.7K citations

  4. Tel Aviv University

    Tel Aviv, Israel

    12 h-index

    39 publications

    2K citations

  5. University of North Carolina at Charlotte

    Charlotte, United States

    11 h-index

    12 publications

    1K citations

  6. Google (United States)

    Mountain View, United States

    11 h-index

    21 publications

    1.6K citations

  7. Sorbonne Université

    Paris, France

    10 h-index

    21 publications

    1.1K citations

  8. Berry College

    Rome, United States

    10 h-index

    12 publications

    1.1K citations

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  1. Evolution

    48 publications · 5.5K citations

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  3. Journal of Evolutionary Biology

    JEB · 35 publications · 2.2K citations

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  4. American Journal of Physical Anthropology

    23 publications · 1K citations

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  5. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

    19 publications · 797 citations

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