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 …

Are geometric morphometric analyses replicable? Evaluating landmark measurement error and its impact on extant and fossil Microtus classification

NS Fox, JJ Veneracion, JL Blois - Ecology and evolution, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Geometric morphometric analyses are frequently employed to quantify biological shape and
shape variation. Despite the popularity of this technique, quantification of measurement error …

Tissue preservation can affect geometric morphometric analyses: a case study using fish body shape

C Fruciano, D Schmidt… - Zoological Journal of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
In geometric morphometrics, the extent of variation attributable to non-biological causes (ie
measurement error) is sometimes overlooked. The effects of this variation on downstream …

Embryonic development of lake whitefish Coregonus clupeaformis: a staging series, analysis of growth and effects of fixation

S Sreetharan, C Thome, C Mitz, J Eme… - Journal of Fish …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
A reference staging series of 18 morphological stages of laboratory reared lake whitefish
Coregonus clupeaformis is provided. The developmental processes of blastulation …

[PDF][PDF] Length-weight relationships of Acetes spp. sampled along the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia

BY Wong, HKA Ong, G Khoo - Sains Malaysiana, 2015 - academia.edu
The present study describes the length-weight relationships (LWRs) of four Acetes species
(Acetes indicus, A. serrulatus, A. japonicus and A. sibogae) which were sampled from …

Effect of ethanol preservation on cephalopod beak geometric morphometrics over time: Sepia esculenta as a case

C Wang, X Chen, Z Fang - Hydrobiologia, 2024 - Springer
Recent studies increasingly recognize that preservation of biological specimens can
influence the morphometry of animals and their tissues. Although cephalopod beaks are …

Fresh vs. Preserved Specimens: Length‐Weight Relationships of Fishes from the Western Amazon (Napo Basin, Ecuador)

KS Barragán, J Chuctaya… - Journal of Applied …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Length‐weight relationship (LWR) studies are important for fish taxonomical analysis,
ecological assessments, management, and conservation practices. Although LWR studies …

Geometric morphometrics support the proposed molecular taxonomy for three Eucinostomus species (Perciformes: Gerreidae) along the coasts of Mexico

J De La Cruz-Agüero, FJ Vergara-Solana… - Zoomorphology, 2015 - Springer
Abstract The genus Eucinostomus Baird 1855, is the most diverse and taxonomically
complicated group of the family Gerreidae in the Neotropics. Since its diagnosis the specific …

Supporting the existence of two isolated evolutionary lineages of Gerres (Perciformes: Gerreidae) in America

FJ García‐Rodríguez, JG Chollet‐Villalpando… - Zoologica …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
For many years in America, many authors have considered that the Gerres genus contained
a single species, the yellowfin mojarra Gerres cinereus (Walbaum, 1792); however, others …

[HTML][HTML] The effect of clearing and staining technique differentially affects morphometric and allometric analysis in fixed Chloroscombrus chrysurus (Perciformes …

DS Pérez Bautista, JR Gersenowies Rodríguez… - Hidrobiológica, 2023 - scielo.org.mx
Resumen PEREZ BAUTISTA, Dannya Shari; GERSENOWIES RODRIGUEZ, Jorge Ricardo;
OLVERA RAMOS, José Ariel y LOYA ZURITA, Romeo Eduardo. The effect of clearing and …