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Tubuca coarctata Handedness

Summary

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

Observed handedness (based on raw totals across all data sets) is 54.07% right-handed, 45.93% left-handed

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

handedness data for Tubuca coarctata

Data

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ReferenceRight CountLeft CountRight %Left %Notes
Jones & George (1982)87680.5600.440Right/left counts derived from reported totals and proportions
Rosenberg (2000)210.6670.333
Yamaguchi (1994)4100.2860.714