280202 VO+UE Geometric Morphometrics in Palaebiology (PI) (2017S)
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Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from Th 15.06.2017 00:00 to Tu 15.08.2017 23:59
- Deregistration possible until Tu 15.08.2017 23:59
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max. 20 participants
Language: German
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The course (in English) will be held from Monday 24.07.2017 to Friday 28.07.2017
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Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
Performing a geometric morphometric analysis, calculating disparity and interpreting the results.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Examination topics
Content of the tutorial.
Reading list
Zelditch ML, Swiderski DL, Sheets HD. 2004. Geometric morphometrics for biologists - A primer. Academic Press, 478 pp.
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- Introduction to geometric morphometrics: Definition and historical notes
- size and shape
- landmarks and semilandmarks
- Procrustes superimposition
- Relative warp analysis
- The morphospace
- Thin plate spline: Visualizing shape changes
- Statistics: PERMANOVA and ANOSIM
- Morphological disparity
- Partial least squares analysis (PLS)
- Applications: some case studiesFurthermore, students will learn through a tutorial to collect and analyze data using the software package TPS, and interpret the results.