کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
100341 160981 2010 8 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Tall men with medium body fat mass percentage display more developmental stability
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علوم کشاورزی و بیولوژیک بوم شناسی، تکامل، رفتار و سامانه شناسی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Tall men with medium body fat mass percentage display more developmental stability
چکیده انگلیسی

A symmetrical body may signal the ability of an individual to cope with developmental perturbations and may thus be considered a ‘health certificate’. It is known that symmetrical men are considered more attractive by women and that their reproductive success is higher. This study examined the associations between measures of body structure and fluctuating asymmetry in young Turkish men. Weight, height, and bioelectrical impedance were measured in a sample of 250 men residing in Ankara (mean age = 18.4, SD = 0.6), and body mass index was calculated. Fluctuating asymmetry was measured using hand length, hand width, elbow width, wrist width, knee width, ankle width, foot length, foot width, ear length, and ear width. According to the obtained findings, there is a negative linear relationship between composite fluctuating asymmetry (CFA) and height, and a positive quadratic relationship between CFA and fat mass. These results might indicate that the tall Turkish men with medium body fat mass percentage display more developmental stability.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: HOMO - Journal of Comparative Human Biology - Volume 61, Issue 6, December 2010, Pages 459–466
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