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 …

▪ Abstract Variation in the subtle differences between right and left sides of bilateral
characters, or fluctuating asymmetry (FA), has long been considered to be primarily …

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

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the hormonal regulation of plasticity in
development and reproduction in the honeybee. The insight that hormones may be the …

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 …

Recently, there has been much controversy over whether fluctuating asymmetry (FA) is
related to stress during development, or to fitness of organisms following development …

Plant developmental stability has received little attention in the past three or four decades.
Here we review differences in plant and animal development, and discuss the advantages of …

The genetic basis of developmental stability has been much debated over the last four
decades. Two major hypotheses have been developed over this period, one that argues that …

It has long been assumed that inbreeding depression in haplodiploid organisms is low due
to their ability to purge genetic load in haploid males. It has been suggested that this low …