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Fluctuating craniodental asymmetry in the southern African cheetah Acinonyx jubatus jubatus

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Date Issued:
2007
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The cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) continues to be an object of intensive study with respect to its genetic heterozygosity and its drastic decline in the wild. Fluctuating asymmetry (FA) has been used to evaluate the levels of inbreeding and monomorphism in the cheetah. A measurement of craniodental FA was undertaken to compare the southern African cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus jubatus) with previously collected craniodental FA measurements from the East African cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus raineyi). Unlike their counterparts, the southern African cheetah did not show significant asymmetry. These findings suggest that fluctuating asymmetry cannot be used as a determination of genetic depletion in cheetahs.
Title: Fluctuating craniodental asymmetry in the southern African cheetah Acinonyx jubatus jubatus.
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Name(s): Sabshin, Stephanie Julia.
Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Thesis
Issuance: multipart monograph
Date Issued: 2007
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Physical Form: electronic
electronic resource
Extent: vi, 30 leaves : ill.
Language(s): English
Summary: The cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) continues to be an object of intensive study with respect to its genetic heterozygosity and its drastic decline in the wild. Fluctuating asymmetry (FA) has been used to evaluate the levels of inbreeding and monomorphism in the cheetah. A measurement of craniodental FA was undertaken to compare the southern African cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus jubatus) with previously collected craniodental FA measurements from the East African cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus raineyi). Unlike their counterparts, the southern African cheetah did not show significant asymmetry. These findings suggest that fluctuating asymmetry cannot be used as a determination of genetic depletion in cheetahs.
Identifier: 314410918 (oclc), 11598 (digitool), FADT11598 (IID), fau:1330 (fedora)
Note(s): by Stephanie Julia Sabshin.
Thesis (B.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, Honors College, 2007.
Bibliography: leaves 13-15.
Electronic reproduction. Boca Raton, Fla., 2007. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subject(s): Endangered species -- Africa
Wildlife conservation -- Africa
Anthropometry
Craniometry
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