Measurement error in geometric morphometrics

C Fruciano - Development genes and evolution, 2016‏ - Springer
Geometric morphometrics—a set of methods for the statistical analysis of shape once
saluted as a revolutionary advancement in the analysis of morphology—is now mature and …

[HTML][HTML] Breaking symmetry: Fluctuating asymmetry and geometric morphometrics as tools for evaluating developmental instability under diverse agroecosystems

HA Benítez, D Lemic, A Villalobos-Leiva, R Bažok… - Symmetry, 2020‏ - mdpi.com
Fluctuating asymmetry (FA), in contrast with other asymmetries, is the bilateral asymmetry
that represents small, random developmental differences between right and left sides. After …

Molecular species identification of Central European ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) using nuclear rDNA expansion segments and DNA barcodes

MJ Raupach, JJ Astrin, K Hannig, MK Peters… - Frontiers in …, 2010‏ - Springer
Background The identification of vast numbers of unknown organisms using DNA
sequences becomes more and more important in ecological and biodiversity studies. In this …

Landmark based geometric morphometric analysis of wing shape in Sibiricobombus Vogt (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombus Latreille)

MA Aytekin, M Terzo, P Rasmont… - Annales de la Société …, 2007‏ - Taylor & Francis
B.(Sibiricobombus) niveatus and B.(Sibiricobombus) vorticosus are analyzed and compared
with selected species of the subgenera Melanobombus and Mendacibombus. Different …

[HTML][HTML] Modelando la varianza de la forma: Morfometría geométrica aplicaciones en biología evolutiva

HA Benítez, TA Püschel - International Journal of Morphology, 2014‏ - SciELO Chile
La comparación de caracteres anatómicos entre organismos ha sido un elemento central de
la biología comparada. Históricamente, la clasificación taxonómica y la comprensión de la …

Intra-specific body size variation of ground beetles (Сoleoptera: Сarabidae) in latitudinal gradient

R Sukhodolskaya - Periodicum biologorum, 2016‏ - hrcak.srce.hr
Background. Large-scale patterns of body size variation have occupied biologists for over a
century, yet the causes of some of these patterns remain elusive. Bergmann's rule is a …

When morphometry meets genetics: inferring the phylogeography of Carabus solieri using Fourier analyses of pronotum and male genitalia

S Garnier, F Magniez‐Jannin… - Journal of …, 2005‏ - academic.oup.com
Population differentiation is a crucial step in the speciation process and is therefore a central
subject in studies of microevolution. Assessing divergence and inferring its dynamics in …

Fluctuating asymmetry indicates levels of disturbance between agricultural productions: An example in Croatian population of Pterostichus melas melas (Coleptera …

HA Benítez, D Lemic, TA Püschel, HV Gašparić… - Zoologischer …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
This study evaluated the use of fluctuating asymmetry (FA) of shape, as a bio-indicator
developmental stability (DS) in multiple populations of two different agricultural productions …

The overrated use of the morphological cryptic species concept: An example with Nyctelia darkbeetles (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) using geometric morphometrics

Á Zúniga-Reinoso, HA Benítez - Zoologischer Anzeiger-A Journal of …, 2015‏ - Elsevier
The cryptic concept refers to two or more species that have been classified as a single
nominal species due to the fact that they are apparently morphologically indistinguishable …

Effect of different larval rearing temperatures on the productivity (Ro) and morphology of the malaria vector Anopheles superpictus Grassi (Diptera: Culicidae) using …

S Aytekin, AM Aytekin, B Alten - Journal of Vector Ecology, 2009‏ - Wiley Online Library
Temperature affects both the biology and morphology of mosquito vectors. Geometric
morphometrics is a useful new tool for capturing and analyzing differences in shape and …