Hostname: page-component-78c5997874-m6dg7 Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-11-09T03:32:37.080Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

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
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

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

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)