Developmental stability reflects the ability of a genotype to undergo stable development of a
phenotype under given environmental conditions. Deviations from developmental stability …

There is growing evidence from both experimental and non-experimental studies that
fluctuating asymmetry does not consistently index stress or fitness. The widely held–yet …

Why does nature love symmetry? In Asymmetry, Developmental Stability and Evolution, M--
oslash--; ller and Swaddle analyse the evolutionary implications of symmetry. They advance …

Biological control provides an environmentally safe, cost-effective and energyefficient
means of pest control, either alone or as a component of integrated pest management. The …

Researchers have suggested fluctuating asymmetry (FA) as an indicator of environmental
stress and have usually tested this assertion by examining relations between FA of single …

Aristotle's attention, or Darwin's for that matter. Aristotle noted regular patterns of bilateral
asymmetries in animals:" In the Caribi and in the Carcini [true crabs] the right claw is …

To evaluate developmental plasticity in thermal tolerance of zebrafish Danio rerio, common‐
stock zebrafish were reared from fertilization to adult in the five thermal regimes (two stable …

Honey bee workers maintain the brood nest of their colony within a narrow temperature
range of 34.5±1.5° C, implying that there are significant fitness costs if brood is reared …

The past decade has seen a resurgence of interest in developmental instability, reflected in
fluctuating asymmetry, as a concept in evolutionary ecology. Many investigations interpret …

One of the most difficult tasks in conservation biology is identifying populations subject to
stress before such stress has a detrimental impact on the population, thus allowing …