Fluctuating asymmetry in the honey bee, Apis mellifera : effects of ploidy and hybridization
dc.contributor.author | Smith, Deborah Roan | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Crespi, Bernard J. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Bookstein, F. L. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-06-01T18:18:30Z | |
dc.date.available | 2010-06-01T18:18:30Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1997-07 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Smith, D. R . ; Crespi, B. J . ; Bookstein, F. L . (1997). "Fluctuating asymmetry in the honey bee, Apis mellifera : effects of ploidy and hybridization." Journal of Evolutionary Biology 10(4): 551-574. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/71518> | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1010-061X | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1420-9101 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/71518 | |
dc.description.abstract | We present a new measure of morphological asymmetry that avoids most of the statistical problems inherent in character-by-character analysis of size or shape. The method is an application of Procrustes analysis, which computes best-fitting super-positions of configurations of landmarks to the left and right sides of a single specimen. The Procrustes method combines subtle deviations in all aspects of the landmark configuration into one net asymmetry score. Directional asymmetry is separated from fluctuating asymmetry in a simple partition of a net sum-of-squares, and geometrical details of either component can be inspected by traditional methods of multivariate statistical analysis of landmarks. We demonstrate this method in a comparison of wing venation asymmetry in male (haploid) and female (diploid) honey bees ( Apis mellifera ). In addition we investigate the effects of ploidy and inter-subspecies hybridization on asymmetry and wing venation abnormalities, using the subspecies A. m. mellifera, A. m. carnica , and the hybrid strain “Nigra”. Results suggest that while the haploid males showed a higher frequency of wing venation abnormalities and greater total asymmetry than the diploid females, most of the asymmetry difference between males and females was in the form of directional, not fluctuating, asymmetry. Hybrid females had a higher frequency of wing venation abnormalities than females of either subspecies, but there were no significant differences in the mean level of asymmetry among females of A. m. mellifera, A. m. carnica and hybrid Nigra. Hybrid males had higher absolute frequency of wing venation abnormalities and asymmetry than males of either subspecies. However the mean frequency of venation abnormalities did not differ significantly between Nigra and A. m. carnica males, and mean asymmetries were not significantly different between Nigra and A. m. mellifera males. We discuss the relationship which is assumed to exist between developmental stability and fluctuating asymmetry in light of our result. | en_US |
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dc.format.mimetype | text/plain | |
dc.publisher | Blackwell Science | en_US |
dc.rights | Blackwell Science Inc | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Fluctuating Asymmetry | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Apis Mellifera | en_US |
dc.subject.other | MtDNA | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Allozymes | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Procrustes Methods | en_US |
dc.title | Fluctuating asymmetry in the honey bee, Apis mellifera : effects of ploidy and hybridization | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Science | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Institute of Gerontology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/71518/1/j.1420-9101.1997.10040551.x.pdf | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1046/j.1420-9101.1997.10040551.x | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | Journal of Evolutionary Biology | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Interdisciplinary and Peer-Reviewed |
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