Fluctuating asymmetry analyses: a primer

Palmer, A. Richard

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“…Cette hypothèse fut testée -et supportée -dans de nombreux travaux, et sur des organismes divers. La courbe du nombre de publications sur l'asymétrie fluctuante explose litté-ralement dans les années 1990 (Figure 3) : les articles méthodologiques de Palmer et Strobeck reçoivent des centaines (voire des milliers) de citations : 1 563 pour Palmer et Strobeck (1986) [5], 375 pour Palmer et Strobeck (1992) [22], 838 pour Palmer (1994) [23] (données : web of science décembre 2014). L'asymétrie fluctuante devient un marqueur universel de qualité de l'environnement -et inversement de pollution -de fitness, d'hétérozygotie, etc., alors même que des voix commencent à s'élever -certaines parmi les promométrie directionnelle correspond au cas où la moyenne n'est pas zéro, c'est-à-dire quand le phénotype moyen est asymétrique avec un côté dominant.…”

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“…C'est le cas des pinces chez certaines espèces de crabes violonistes (Figure 2). Cette typologie des asymétries est clairement établie depuis longtemps [3], et les méthodes d'étude statistiques et expérimentales ont été détail-lées notamment par Palmer et Strobeck [5,6].…”

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“…There is a lifelong 68 presence of formative tissues at the apical end of all dental pieces, and thus they are susceptible to 69 developmental instability and consequently show fluctuating asymmetry (Palmer, 1994;Palmer and Strobeck, 70 2003). The use of a metric trait such as tusk width implies continuous variation that allows the detection of 71 differences between sides, or departures from FA, only limited by measurement precision and accuracy (Palmer, 72 1994).…”

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“…1) of the right and left tusks of each boar was 92 measured twice with an electronic digital caliper (IP54, iGaging EZ ® , accuracy: 0.02 mm). Measurements were 93 taken by the same observer (ES) at different times in order to minimize inter-observer variability (Palmer, 1994). 94…”

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Fluctuating asymmetry as a proxy for oxidative stress in wild boar

Cánovas¹,

Mentaberre²,

Tvarijonaviciute³

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Mammalian Biology

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Please cite this article as: Cánovas, M., Mentaberre, G., Tvarijonaviciute, A., Casas-díaz, E., Navarro-gonzález, N., Lavín, S., Soriguer, R.C., González-candela, M., Serrano, E.,Fluctuating asymmetry as a proxy for oxidative stress in wild boar, Mammalian Biology (2015), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mambio. 2015.03.004 This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain. The study of fluctuating asymmetry (FA) in living organisms has produced contradictory results over 22 the past few decades of research. Though the protocol for measuring FA is firmly established, the 23 sources of FA remain unclear in many cases. Our goal is to examine the relationship between FA 24 and both the concentration of biomarkers of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and body condition in a 25 medium-sized mammal, the European wild boar (Sus scrofa). Using a Partial Least Squares 26 regression (PLSr), we found a positive significant relationship (Stone-Geisser test) between 27 oxidative stress and FA but a negative relationship between oxidative stress and body condition. Our 28 results suggest that FA can be used to assess the physiological costs associated with oxidative 29 stress in mammals. 30

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“…left and right) where deviations from symmetry is normally distributed to a mean of zero, reflecting the stability of developmental processes. Palmer and Strobeck [2], [3] termed these deviations as 'developmental noise' which are environmentally or epigenetically induced stresses. Unlike the other types of (AS), fluctuating asymmetry (FA) have long been viewed as a measure of developmental instability [4] due to environmental stress [5]- [8], adaptation and coadaptation [9] and fitness or individual quality [10], [11].…”

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Asymmetry Analysis of Brontispa longissima Gestro, 1885 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Metasternum Using Symmetry and Asymmetry on Geometric Data (SAGE)

Genotiva¹,

Tabugo²,

Manting³

et al. 2014

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Abstract-Variations in the patterns of asymmetry in coconut leaf beetle Brontispa longissima metasternum from ten (10) populations in Northern Mindanao, Philippines were evaluated using the landmark-based advanced geometric morphometrics Symmetry and Asymmetry in Geometric Data (SAGE) version 1.04 tool. Coconut leaf beetle has been infesting the country. However, primary information to the pest's ability to develop traits efficiently is still to be investigated. B. longissima metasternum was digitized and analyzed using Procrustes Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). Results have shown absence of fluctuating asymmetry between sexes and locations. Conversely, directional asymmetry and individual shape variation is evident for male and female samples in all sites. IndexTerms-Brontispa longissima, asymmetry, metasternum, procrustes ANOVA.

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Fluctuating asymmetry analyses: a primer

Cited by 892 publications

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Symmetry is beauty – or is it?

Symmetry is beauty – or is it?

Fluctuating asymmetry as a proxy for oxidative stress in wild boar

Asymmetry Analysis of Brontispa longissima Gestro, 1885 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Metasternum Using Symmetry and Asymmetry on Geometric Data (SAGE)

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