[HTML][HTML] Analyzing fluctuating asymmetry with geometric morphometrics: concepts, methods, and applications

CP Klingenberg - Symmetry, 2015‏ - mdpi.com
Approximately two decades after the first pioneering analyses, the study of shape asymmetry
with the methods of geometric morphometrics has matured and is a burgeoning field. New …

Morpho and Rvcg–shape analysis in R: R-packages for geometric morphometrics, shape analysis and surface manipulations

S Schlager - Statistical shape and deformation analysis, 2017‏ - Elsevier
The mathematical/statistical software platform R has seen an immense increase in
popularity within the last decade. Its main advantages are its flexibility, a large repository of …

MorphoJ: an integrated software package for geometric morphometrics

CP Klingenberg - Molecular ecology resources, 2011‏ - Wiley Online Library
Increasingly, data on shape are analysed in combination with molecular genetic or
ecological information, so that tools for geometric morphometric analysis are required …

Leaf morphology, taxonomy and geometric morphometrics: a simplified protocol for beginners

V Viscosi, A Cardini - PloS one, 2011‏ - journals.plos.org
Taxonomy relies greatly on morphology to discriminate groups. Computerized geometric
morphometric methods for quantitative shape analysis measure, test and visualize …

[PDF][PDF] Visualizations in geometric morphometrics: how to read and how to make graphs showing shape changes

CP Klingenberg - Hystrix, 2013‏ - morphometrics.uk
An important aspect of geometric morphometrics, since its beginnings, has been the
visualization of shape changes. A range of methods has been developed with advances in …

Evolution and development of shape: integrating quantitative approaches

CP Klingenberg - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2010‏ - nature.com
Morphological traits have long been a focus of evolutionary developmental biology ('evo-
devo'), but new methods for quantifying shape variation are opening unprecedented …

Linear discrimination, ordination, and the visualization of selection gradients in modern morphometrics

P Mitteroecker, F Bookstein - Evolutionary Biology, 2011‏ - Springer
Linear discriminant analysis (LDA) is a multivariate classification technique frequently
applied to morphometric data in various biomedical disciplines. Canonical variate analysis …

Testing and quantifying phylogenetic signals and homoplasy in morphometric data

CP Klingenberg, NA Gidaszewski - Systematic biology, 2010‏ - academic.oup.com
The relationship between morphometrics and phylogenetic analysis has long been
controversial. Here we propose an approach that is based on map** morphometric traits …

Human cranial anatomy and the differential preservation of population history and climate signatures

K Harvati, TD Weaver - … Biology: An Official Publication of the …, 2006‏ - Wiley Online Library
Cranial morphology is widely used to reconstruct evolutionary relationships, but its reliability
in reflecting phylogeny and population history has been questioned. Some cranial regions …

Climate‐related variation of the human nasal cavity

ML Noback, K Harvati, F Spoor - American journal of physical …, 2011‏ - Wiley Online Library
The nasal cavity is essential for humidifying and warming the air before it reaches the
sensitive lungs. Because humans inhabit environments that can be seen as extreme from …