Waltzing with Asymmetry

1996/07/01 by A. Richard Palmer · 323 citations
Mathematics · #Asymmetry #Bilateral symmetry #Darwin (ADL) #Morphological variations and asymmetry #Philosophy #Physics

paper · pdf · doi:10.2307/1312930

published in BioScience 46(7), 518-532 (Oxford University Press)

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Abstract

A. Richard Palmer; Waltzing with Asymmetry: Is fluctuating asymmetry a powerful new tool for biologists or just an alluring new dance step?, BioScience, Volume

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