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Is fluctuating asymmetry a signal or a marker of genetic fitness?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 August 2019

Ulrich Mueller
Ulrich Mueller
Affiliation:
Institute of Medical Sociology and Social Medicine, Medical School, University of Marburg, 35033 Marburg, Germanymueller2@mailer.uni-marburg.dewww.med.uni-marburg.de/medsozio
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Abstract

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Fluctuating asymmetry is more a signal of genetic fitness than a marker observable only to the researcher. Hence, it has to be demonstrated that low FA is an honest signal of genetic quality; this has not been demonstrated in Gangestad & Simpson's otherwise useful review.

Type
Brief Report
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 23 , Issue 4 , August 2000 , pp. 617 - 618
Copyright
2000 Cambridge University Press