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Protocol of Geometric Morphometrics for Teratogenicity Testing
Geometric morphometrics (GM) enables a quantitative study of shapes and forms allowing the identification and characterization of teratogenic...
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A Graph-Based Mathematical Model for More Efficient Dimensionality Reduction of Landmark Data in Geometric Morphometrics
Geometric Morphometrics can be used to describe morphology as a series of coordinates after the effects of variation in translation, rotation, and...
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Head geometric morphometrics as a reliable method to discriminate sexes and species of Megalopta, a nocturnal bee genus (Hymenoptera, Apoidea)
Geometric morphometrics is an approach widely used in biological research. For bees, wing landmarks are applied to investigate several questions,...
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How steadfast is the concept of “Foldscope linked geometric morphometrics” for the identification of Aedes and Armigeres mosquito vectors?
The innovation of ideas concerning the development of a strategy with cost-effective and easy use in mosquito control is recognized as an integral...
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Geometric morphometrics as a tool to identify Dasypodini osteoderms: Implications for the oldest records of Dasypus
Cingulata (Mammalia, Xenarthra) is one of the most conspicuous clades in the Cenozoic fossil record of South America, largely due to the high...
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Morphometrics in Evolutionary Developmental Biology
Morphometrics, the measurement and statistical analysis of organismal form, has always been a core tool in evolutionary biology. With the advancement...
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A novel technique for aging male African elephants (Loxodonta africana) using craniofacial photogrammetry and geometric morphometrics
Shoulder height, hind foot length, and photogrammetric craniofacial measurements were collected from male African elephants ( Loxodonta africana ) in...
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Disentangling morphological variation in metapodials of giraffids: Modern and traditional approaches
Modern giraffids are nowadays represented by few species; however, this family was quite diverse during the Neogene. Several lineages radiated,...
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Can we Restore Balance to Geometric Morphometrics? A Theoretical Evaluation of how Sample Imbalance Conditions Ordination and Classification
The most common means of performing ordination and classification consist in principal component, canonical variate, and between-group principal...
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Using genomics and morphometrics to monitor data-poor and commercially exploited octopod populations
Over 150 species of benthic octopods have been described within the ‘catch-all’ Octopus genus (Family: Octopodidae) and yet, many Octopus species...
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Cranial geometric morphometrics of jum** mice (Genera: Eozapus, Napaeozapus, and Zapus; Zapodinae, Rodentia): Implications for subspecies conservation
Jum** mice (subfamily Zapodinae) occur across most of North America ( Zapus and Napaeozapus ) and in confined regions in China ( Eozapus ). Recent...
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Using morphometrics to distinguish the restinga and cerrado ecotypes of wild Anacardium occidentale (Anacardiaceae): a preliminary study in northeastern Brazil
The cashew tree Anacardium occidentale is a globally important food species and in Brazil is a natural component of cerrado and restinga vegetation...
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Reassessing the taxonomy of the Libidibia ferrea complex, the iconic Brazilian tree “pau-ferro” using morphometrics and ecological niche modeling
Libidibia is a small genus of caesalpinioid legumes with seven species spanning from Mexico and the Caribbean to southern South America. Within this...
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Stock identification of Congaturi halfbeak (Hyporhamphus limbatus): insight into conventional and truss-based morphometrics
BackgroundWild fish stocks continuously decline in Bangladeshi rivers and oxbow lakes. Small indigenous fish species management solely depends on...
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Methods for studying allometry in geometric morphometrics: a comparison of performance
Allometry has been the focus of growing interest in studies using geometric morphometric methods to address a wide range of research questions at the...
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On the Misidentification of Species: Sampling Error in Primates and Other Mammals Using Geometric Morphometrics in More Than 4000 Individuals
An accurate classification is the basis for research in biology. Morphometrics and morphospecies play an important role in modern taxonomy, with...
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Less tautology, more biology? A comment on “high-density” morphometrics
In the context of geometric morphometric analyses of modularity and integration using Procrustes methods, some researchers have recently claimed that...
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Morphometrics in Evolutionary Developmental Biology
Morphometrics, the measurement and statistical analysis of organismal form, has always been a core tool in evolutionary biology. With the advancement...
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Floral morphometrics, cytology and fruit biochemical studies in wild populations of Solanum viarum Dunal- an ethnomedicinal plant of North-East India
The conservation of genetic diversity is important for preserving genetic resources. In the present study, comparative floral morphometric, cytology,...
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Population genetics and geometric morphometrics of the freshwater snail Segmentina nitida reveal cryptic sympatric species of conservation value in Europe
Segmentina nitida Müller 1774 is a rare European freshwater snail of drainage ditches and marshland, which has seen a marked decrease in range...
