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Traditional and Geometric Morphometrics and Invariant Shape Descriptors of Catfish Otoliths in the Yucatán Peninsula: Tools for Species Identification and Individual Size Estimation at Maya Archaeological Sites

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the use of otolith shape analysis for species identification and size estimation in Ariopsis felis and Bagre marinus, based on 181 modern otoliths obtained from a scientific collection and recent sampling in the coastal regions of Campeche and Yucatán, as well as 39 archaeological otoliths corresponding to the Early ...
Ariana Solis‐Gómez, Jorge Luis Pérez‐Gonzalez, Nayeli Jiménez‐Cano, Maribel Badillo‐Alemán, Alfredo Gallardo‐Torres, Nidiyare Hevia‐Montiel, Daniel Arceo‐Carranza, Xavier Chiappa‐Carrara   +7 more
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Protocol to quantify bird nest morphology via image analyses using linear measurements and geometric landmarks

STAR Protocols
Summary: Here, we present a protocol to quantify bird nest morphology via image analyses. We describe steps for collecting linear size measurements, placing geometric landmarks, and undertaking generalized Procrustes analysis to extract coordinate data ...
Benjamin Whittaker, Andrés Camacho-Alpízar, Lauren Guillette   +2 more
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Wari Lithic Technology on the Northern Coast of the Andes: Geochemical, 2D Geometric Morphometric, and Technological Analyses of Obsidian Bifaces From San José de Moro

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines Wari obsidian production in a cache of 39 bifaces found at the Late Moche site of San José de Moro (Jequetepeque Valley, North Coast of Peru, 700–850 ad). Portable X‐ray fluorescence, geometric morphometric, and technological analyses were used to investigate raw material provenance and bifacial production.
Antonio Pérez‐Balarezo, Luis Jaime Castillo, Jalh Dulanto   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Análise descritiva por ordenação: aplicação na caracterização sensorial de biscoitos laminados salgados Ranking descriptive analysis: application in the sensory characterization of cracker biscuits

Brazilian Journal of Food Technology, 2012
A Análise Descritiva por Ordenação (ADO) foi aplicada na caracterização de biscoitos cream cracker e água e sal comerciais, empregando julgadores pré-selecionados, mas sem experiência prévia em análise sensorial.
Lorena Carnelocce, Neusa Fátima Seibel, Sandra Helena Prudencio, Marta de Toledo Benassi   +3 more
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Crushing and Cutting: Shape Variation and Morphological Integration Between the Claws of Two Swimming Crab Species (Brachyura: Portunidae)

Acta Zoologica, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigated shape variations and morphological integration between the components of crusher and cutter claws in two species of swimming crabs, Callinectes danae and Callinectes ornatus. The propodi and dactyli of the claws were analysed in males and females of both species, using geometric morphometric techniques to identify ...
Julia Tadiotto, Alexandre Ribeiro da Silva, Julia Fernandes Perroca, Rogerio Caetano Costa, Caio Santos Nogueira   +4 more
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Geometric Morphometrics Reveal Body Shape Variation in Freshwater Shrimps of the Genus Macrobrachium Lacking a Mandibular Palp (Formerly Pseudopalaemon Sollaud, 1911) (Decapoda: Palaemonidae)

Acta Zoologica, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Shape variation in the cephalothorax of Macrobrachium species without mandibular palp using geometric morphometrics was used as a tool to support species differentiation and propose new diagnostic characters for taxonomic identification.
Thaís Arrais Mota, Ana Carla Soares da Silva, Lucas Jhones de Santana Neves, Carlos Eduardo Rocha Duarte Alencar, Fabrício Lopes Carvalho   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effectiveness of landmark- and semi-landmark-based geometric morphometric to identify four species of Culex mosquitoes in Thailand

Journal of Advanced Veterinary and Animal Research, 2019
Objective: This research aims to study the effectiveness of landmark- and semi-landmark-based geometric morphometric (LMSL) in the identification of four Culex vectors, namely, C. quinquefas¬ciatus, C. visnui, C. sitiens, and C. whitmorei in Thailand and
Tanawat Chaiphongpachara, Sedthapong Laojun   +1 more
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The differences in essential facial areas for impressions between humans and deep learning models: An eye‐tracking and explainable AI approach

British Journal of Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This study explored the facial impressions of attractiveness, dominance and sexual dimorphism using experimental and computational methods. In Study 1, we generated face images with manipulated morphological features using geometric morphometrics. In Study 2, we conducted eye tracking and impression evaluation experiments using these images to
Takanori Sano, Jun Shi, Hideaki Kawabata
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring dietary adaptations in Ursus minimus: a 3D geometric morphometric analysis of the mandible

Boreas, EarlyView.
Using 3D geometric morphometrics, the dietary adaptations of the extinct Auvergne bear (Ursus minimus) are analysed. Its mandibular morphology aligns more closely with omnivorous rather than insectivorous bears, challenging current ideas. The extinct bear Ursus minimus, which lived in Europe during the Pliocene and possibly Early Pleistocene, is ...
Anneke H. van Heteren
wiley   +1 more source

Comprehensive Methods for Leaf Geometric Morphometric Analyses

Bio-Protocol, 2017
Leaf morphometrics are used frequently by several disciplines, including taxonomists, systematists, developmental biologists, morphologists, agronomists, and plant breeders to name just a few. Leaf shape is highly variable and can be used for identifying
Laura Klein, Harlan Svoboda
doaj   +1 more source