Developmental instability in incipient colonies of social insects. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Social insect colonies can provide homeostatic conditions that buffer the incidence of environmental fluctuations on individuals, which have contributed to their ecological success.
Thomas Chouvenc +3 more
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Trisomy 21 and facial developmental instability. [PDF]
Am J Phys Anthropol, 2013 ABSTRACTThe most common live‐born human aneuploidy is trisomy 21, which causes Down syndrome (DS). Dosage imbalance of genes on chromosome 21 (Hsa21) affects complex gene‐regulatory interactions and alters development to produce a wide range of phenotypes, including characteristic facial dysmorphology.
Starbuck JM +3 more
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Asymmetry in dentition and shape of pharyngeal arches in the clonal fish Chrosomus eos-neogaeus: Phenotypic plasticity and developmental instability. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 The effect of the environment may result in different developmental outcomes. Extrinsic signals can modify developmental pathways and result in alternative phenotypes (phenotypic plasticity).
Christelle Leung +4 more
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Developmental selection against developmental instability: a direct demonstration. [PDF]
Biol Lett, 2013 Developmental selection, the non-random elimination of offspring during development, is hypothesized to alter the opportunity for selection on a given trait at later stages of the life cycle. Here, we provide a direct demonstration of developmental selection against developmental instability, assessed as the incidence of minor, discrete phenotypic ...
Polak M, Tomkins JL.
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Studying factors influencing facial developmental instability
Annals of Human Biology, 2021 Background Developmental instability is a component of non-genetic variation that results from random variation in developmental processes. It is considered a sensitive indicator of the physiological state of individuals. It is reflected in various ways,
Marie Jandová, Petra Urbanová
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Developmental instability in wild Nigerian olive baboons (Papio anubis) [PDF]
PeerJ, 2021 Background Developmental instability in archaeological samples can be detected through analysis of skeletal and dental remains. During life, disruptions to biological internal homeostasis that occur during growth and development redirect bodily resources
Kara C. Hoover +3 more
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Lower palatine developmental instability in hybrid Old World camelids [PDF]
Journal of Advanced Veterinary and Animal Research, 2020 Objective: In this research study, we explore the fluctuating asymmetry (FA) of palate Camelus hybrids and their parental species (dromedary and Bactrian).
Pere M. Pares-Casanova +3 more
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Population genetic structure of a centipede species with high levels of developmental instability. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 European populations of the geophilomorph centipede Haplophilus subterraneus show a high proportion of individuals with morphological anomalies, suggesting high levels of developmental instability.
Giuseppe Fusco +3 more
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The effect of lead on the developmental stability of Drosophila subobscura through selection in laboratory conditions [PDF]
Archives of Biological Sciences, 2010 Fluctuating asymmetry (FA), the increased variation of bilateral symmetry in a sample of individuals, can indicate disturbance in developmental stability caused by environmental and/or genomic stress.
Kurbalija Zorana +4 more
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Comparative Fluctuating Asymmetry and Directional Asymmetry in Four Cattle Skulls [PDF]
Veterinary Medicine and ScienceThis study investigates fluctuating asymmetry (FA) and directional asymmetry (DA) in the skulls of four cattle breeds: Eastern Anatolian Red, Southern Anatolian Red, Holstein and Simmental by using geometric morphometrics methods.
Nicoleta Manuta +7 more
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