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Tubuca dussumieri Handedness

Summary

Expected handedness for Tubuca dussumieri is 50% right-handed and 50% left-handed

Observed handedness (based on raw totals across all data sets) is 52.94% right-handed, 47.06% left-handed

The following figure displays the left and right counts for each individual data set.

handedness data for Tubuca dussumieri

Data

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ReferenceRight CountLeft CountRight %Left %Notes
Jones & George (1982)47290.6200.380Right/left counts derived from reported totals and proportions
Rosenberg (2000)220.5000.500
Yamaguchi (1994)12110.5220.478
Weis & Weis (2004)2140.1250.875