Table of Contents

Foreword, M. J. West-EberhardContributorsIntroductionPart I. Origins1. Developmental Perspectives on Phenotypic Variation, Canalization, and Fluctuating Asymmetry, H. F. Nijhout and G. Davidowitz2. A Developmental Perspective on Developmental Instability: Theory, Models, and Mechanisms, Christian Peter Klingenberg3. Nonlinear Dynamics and Developmental Instability, John H. Graham, John M. Emlen, and D. Carl Freeman4. The Adaptive Basis of Developmental Instability: A Hypothesis and Its Implications, John M. Emlen, D. Carl Freeman, and John H. Graham5. Fluctuating Asymmetry, Developmental Instability, and Fitness: Toward Model-Based Interpretation, Steven W. Gangestad and Randy Thornhill6 Does an Individual Asymmetry Parameter Exist? A Meta-analysis, Michal Polak et al.Part II. Genetic Causes7. Genetic Models for Developmental Homeostasis: Historical Perspectives, Charles M. Woolf and Therese A. Markow8. Genomic Coadaptation, Outbreeding Depression, and Developmental Instability, Paul Alibert and Jean-Christophe Auffray9. The Analysis of the Asymmetry Phenotype: Single Genes and the Environment, John A. McKenzie10. Dominance, Epistasis, and Fluctuating Asymmetry, Larry Leamy11. Inheritance of Developmental Instability, Rebecca C. Fuller and David HoulePart III. Fitness Consequences12. Developmental Stability—Fitness Relationships in Animals: Some Theoretical Considerations, Geoffrey M. Clarke13 Developmental Instability: An Appropriate Indicator of Plant Fitness Components?, Mary Tracy et al.14. Developmental Instability and Animal Communication: Fluctuating Asymmetry as a Signal and as an Influence on the Signaling Process, George W. Uetz and Phillip W. Taylor15. Fluctuating Asymmetry and Sexual Selection: Paradigm Shifts, Publication Bias, and Observer Expectation, Joseph L. Tomkins and Leigh W. Simmons16. Asymmetry, Size, and Sexual Selection: Factors Affecting Heterogeneity in Relationships between Asymmetry and Sexual Selection, Anders Pape Mqller and José J. CuervoPart IV. Statistical Tools17. Fluctuating Asymmetry Analyses Revisited, A. Richard Palmer and Curtis Strobeck18. Recent Developments and Shortcomings in the Analysis of Individual Asymmetry: A Review and Introduction of a Bayesian Statistical Approach, Stefan Van Dongen, Luc Lens, and Geert Molenberghs19. Developmental Instability and the Stochastic Component of Total Phenotypic Variance, Dmitry L. Lajus, John H. Graham, and Alexander V. KozharaPart V. Environmental Stress and Applications20 Plant Developmental Instability: New Measures, Applications, and Regulation, D. Carl Freeman et al.21. Associating Environmental Stress with Developmental Stability: Problems and Patterns, Ary A. Hoffmann and Richard E. Woods22. Linking Developmental Stability and Environmental Stres: A Whole Organism Approach, Vladimir M. Zakharov23. A Critical Assessment of the Utility of Fluctuating Asymmetry as a Biomarker of Anthropogenic Stress, Brian Leung, Loren Knopper, and Pierre Mineau24. Developmental Instability as a Research Tool: Using Patterns of Fluctuating Asymmetry to Infer the Developmental Origins of Morphological Integration, Christian Peter KlingenbergTaxonomic IndexSubject Index