title: Fluctuating asymmetry and sexual selection.
abstract: Behavioral ecologists are being attracted to the study of within-individual morphological variability, manifested in random deviations from bilateral symmetry, as a means of ascertaining the stress susceptibility of developmental regulatory mechanisms. Several early successes Indicate that incorporating measures of symmetry into sexual-selection studies may help link individual sexual success to a basic component of viability - developmental stability.
authors.affiliation: Paul Watson and Randy Thornhill are at the Dept of Biology, Castetter Hall, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-1091, USA.
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Watson
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Thornhill