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========== 12 August, 2008 ==========
GEOMETRIC MORPHOMETRICS WORKSHOP:
AN INTRODUCTION for BIOLOGISTS
Hull York Medical School, York 2008
October Wed 22nd – Fri 24th
Andrea Cardini1,2 & Sarah Elton2
1Museo di Paleobiologia e dell'Orto Botanico, Universitá di Modena e Reggio Emilia
2Hull York Medical School, University of Hull
e-mail: alcardini(AT)interfree(DOT)it, cardini(AT)unimo(DOT)it; sarah(DOT)elton(AT)hyms(DOT)ac(DOT)uk
website: http://hyms.fme.googlepages.com/
workshop program
aims
what is morphometrics about? can a biologist be a morphometrician?
practical introduction to the basics of geometric morphometrics (GMM)
fundamental concepts of Procrustes-based GMM explained using examples and freeware software
further reading (papers, books, online sources etc.) on more advanced topics will be suggested
requirements
highly desirable: understanding of basic parametric statistics (t-test, analysis of variance, linear regression, Pearson correlation,
cluster analysis)
strictly necessary: a PERSONAL LAPTOP with Windows OS or a Windows emulator
software and example files will be provided
participants can bring their own data to redo example analyses
lectures and labs
6 ‘study cases’ on selected introductory topics (2 topics/day, 2-3 hours/topic): 1) traditional morphometrics;
size vs. shape, 2) landmarks and geometric morphometrics, visualization and test of differences; 3) multivariate shape variance;
4) main directions of shape variation: principal component analysis; 5) predicting shape: multivariate regression and allometry;
6) more complex analyses: from 2D to 3D data
optional topics (e.g., ‘appropriate’ sample size in GMM studies, demonstration of other software like MorphoJ)
- this part of the lab will depend on time availability
the instructor (Andrea Cardini) will be available during breaks and after lectures for questions, more examples etc.
========== 20 February, 2008 ==========
There will be a symposium on Insect Morphometrics at the XXIII International Congress of Entomology in Durban, South Africa,
6-12 July 2008.
The symposium is organized by James Patterson and myself. So far we have an exciting roster of invited speakers, but we would
like to encouraged anyone interested to present a contributed paper or poster to register and submit an abstract.
The URL of congress web site: http://www.ice2008.org.za/
The deadline for abstracts is 28 February -- so there is just a couple of weeks left.
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