I am working on Insects (Micro-hymenopterans) and trying to differentiate the two species of the same genus using morphometric as a tool. I found that Geometric Morphometric could be used for the objective proposed. So where can I learn this tool.
Please help in this regard.
Thanks in Advance.
Have a look at this book:
https://www.amazon.com/Geometric-Morphometrics-Biologists-Second-Primer/dp/012386903X
There is a pdf available in ResearchGate. Just type "geometric morphometrics for biologists pdf" in Google
Baur & Leuenberger 2011 may be useful to you: https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syr061
It is a good article to understand the PCA and Morphometry. Thanks a lot for sharing it.
1. "Morphometrics with R" by Julien Claude gives you a hands-on introduction to very useful basics and concepts. I recommend that book.
2. Seminal papers by Adams & Collyer et al.
3. the geomorph R package has everything to get you started.
Hope this helps.
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I recommend using ImageJ and MorphoJ for data collection and analysis, respectively. MorphoJ has many resources, and makes it easy to run DFAs and CVAs - both are commonly used in taxonomy.
The following special issue may be useful to you. http://www.zootax.com.cn/EN/volumn/volumn_1147.shtml
Thank You all for sharing this highly important information regarding morphometrics.
In addition to MorphoJ, you could also use PAST for analysis. It has several tools for morphometrics analysis and it is easy to use, just like MorphoJ. The other thing is you could just enroll for one of Klingenberg's GMM courses. He wrote the MorphoJ software plus he is an excellent teacher!
Thanks, Kunle Adebowale for sharing this knowledge.
I have registered for one course in Transmitting science but, unfortunately, couldn't join. Looking for other distance learning opportunities.
If you are looking for a distance learning, check out the one on offer from the University of Manchester. It is still open for this year. You will find the details in the hyperlink.
Hope it is of some help. All the best.
http://www.flywings.org.uk/MorphoCourse/index.htm
Thank you so much for this valuable information.
I will soon register for the online course.
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