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Sweet FA: The trouble with fluctuating asymmetry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 August 2019

Robert Montgomerie
Robert Montgomerie
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada montgome@biology.queensu.cahttp://biology.queensu.ca/~montgome
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Abstract

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Studies of fluctuating asymmetry (FA) in relation to sexual strategies in humans provide the empirical basis for many arguments in support of good genes sexual selection theory. Many FA studies, however, are flawed by bias in experimental design, inconsistent statistical analysis, and the sloppy handling of data.

Type
Brief Report
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 23 , Issue 4 , August 2000 , pp. 616 - 617
Copyright
2000 Cambridge University Press