We found a match
Your institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.
- Title
The genetic basis of developmental stability. V. Inter- and intra-individual character variation.
- Authors
Clarke, Geoffrey M.
- Abstract
Examination of levels of inter- and intra-individual variation for a number of characters across 11 invertebrate species revealed a significant concordance of character coefficients of variation among samples within a species, suggesting that some characters are consistently more (or less) variable than others. In addition a significant positive correlation between character CV and asymmetry values was observed, suggesting that the underlying genetic mechanisms responsible for buffering character development against both external and internal environmental variation are either the same or inter-related. These results are discussed in relation to associations between character variation and individual fitness.
- Subjects
INVERTEBRATES; SYMMETRY (Biology); DEVELOPMENTAL genetics; GENETICS; INVERTEBRATE genetics
- Publication
Heredity, 1998, Vol 80, Issue 5, p562
- ISSN
0018-067X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1046/j.1365-2540.1998.00294.x