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The use of vertebrate skin in biosymmetrics, in particular, its configuration, thickness, and spatial structure of the dermal stroma is considered. The theories explaining the ordered arrangement and structure of skin as a result of morphogenesis (Turing, 1952; Gierer and Meinhardt, 1972; Belintsev, 1991) are reviewed. The study of quantitative aspects of bilateral symmetry is considered within the framework of (1) coefficients of symmetry and asymmetry, which provide estimates of symmetry; (2) extent of asymmetry of the curve of normal distribution (Gaussian curve), the inflection of which shows the mean of a sample. The use of these methods for statistical analysis is illustrated by particular examples.
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Kiladze, A.B., Chernova, O.F. Symmetry and asymmetry of configuration and structure of vertebrate skin. Paleontol. J. 48, 1295–1302 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031030114120053
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