
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Clarke, GM 
A1  - Brand, GW 
A1  - Whitten, MJ 
T1  - Fluctuating Asymmetry: A Technique for Measuring Developmental Stress Caused by Inbreeding
JF  - Australian Journal of Biological Sciences
JO  - Aust. Jnl. Of Bio. Sci.
Y1  - 1986
VL  - 39
IS  - 2
SP  - 145
EP  - 154
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/BI9860145 
N2  - Fluctuating asymmetry has sometimes been employed to indicate disruption of developmental homeostasis. Such disruption is thought to be a result of increased developmental stress. In this study we examine the relationship between fluctuating asymmetry and inbreeding level in two differing breeding systems: the marine harpacticoid copepod Tisbe holothuriae, a typically outbreeding diploid, and the common honeybee Apis melli/era, which is haplo-diploid. Inbreeding has previously been shown to constitute a developmental stress in populations of T. holothuriae, but the same is yet to be conclusively shown in A. melli/era. 
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