Morphometric Analysis:

Course Readings

Text and Readings
Geometric Morphometrics for Biologists: A Primer. (2005), M. L. Zelditch et al.

Additional readings:

1. Adams, D. C. 1999. Methods for shape analysis of landmark data from articulated structures. Evol. Ecol. Res. 1:959-970.
2. Adams, D. C. 2004. Character displacement via aggressive interference in Appalachian salamanders. Ecology 85:2664-2670.
3. Adams, D. C. 2010. Parallel evolution of character displacement driven by competitive selection in terrestrial salamanders. BMC Evol. Biol. 10(72):1-10.
4. Adams, D. C. 2011. Quantitative genetics and evolution of head shape in Plethodon salamanders. Evol. Biol. 38:278-286.
5. Adams, D. C., A. Cardini, L. R. Monteiro, P. O’Higgins, and F. J. Rohlf. 2011. Morphometrics and phylogenetics: principal components of shape from cranial modules are neither appropriate nor effective cladistic characters. Journal of Human Evolution 60:240-243.
6. Adams, D. C., and M. M. Cerney. 2007. Quantifying biomechanical motion using Procrustes motion analysis. Journal of Biomechanics 40:437-444.
7. Adams, D. C., and M. L. Collyer. 2009. A general framework for the analysis of phenotypic trajectories in evolutionary studies. Evolution 63:1143-1154.
8. Adams, D. C., and A. Nistri. 2010. Ontogenetic convergence and evolution of foot morphology in European cave salamanders (Family: Plethodontidae). BMC Evol. Biol. 10(216):1-10.
9. Adams, D. C., and F. J. Rohlf. 2000. Ecological character displacement in Plethodon: biomechanical differences found from a geometric morphometric study. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 97:4106-4111.
10. Adams, D. C., F. J. Rohlf, and D. E. Slice. 2004. Geometric morphometrics: ten years of progress following the 'revolution'. Italian Journal of Zoology 71:5-16.
11. Bookstein, F. L., P. Gunz, P. Mitteroecker, H. Prossinger, K. Schaefer, and H. Seidler. 2003. Cranial integraion in Homo: singular warps analysis of the midsagittal plane in ontogeny and evolution. Journal of Human Evolution 44:167-187.
12. Bookstein, F. L., K. Schafer, H. Prossinger, H. Seidler, M. Fieder, G. Stringer, G. W. Weber, J.-L. Arsuaga, D. E. Slice, F. J. Rohlf, W. Recheis, A. J. Mariam, and L. F. Marcus. 1999. Comparing frontal cranial profiles in archaic and modern Homo by morphometric analysis. The Anatomical Record (New Anatomist) 257:217-224.
13. Collyer, M. L., and D. C. Adams. 2007. Analysis of two-state multivariate phenotypic change in ecological studies. Ecology 88:683-692.
14. Felsenstein, J. 1985. Phylogenies and the comparative method. Am. Nat. 125:1-15.
15. Gunz, P., P. Mitteroecker, and F. L. Bookstein. 2005. Semilandmarks in three dimensions. Pp. 73-98 in D.E. Slice (eds.). Modern morphometrics in physical anthropology. Klewer Academic/Plenum, New York.
16. Huttegger, S. M., and P. Mitteroecker. 2011. Invariance and meaningfulness in phenotype spaces. Evolutionary Biology 38:335-351.
17. Klingenberg, C. P., V. Debat, and D. A. Roff. 2010. Quantitative genetics of shape in cricket winge: developmental integration in a functional structure. Evolution 64:2935-2951.
18. Klingenberg, C.P., M. Barluenga, and A. Meyer. 2002. Shape analysis of symmetric structures: quantifying variation among individuals and asymmetry. Evolution. 56:1909-1920.
19. Klingenberg, C. P., and N. A. Gidaszewski. 2010. Testing and quantifying phylogenetic signals and homoplasy in morphometric data. Syst. Biol. 59:245-261.
20. Klingenberg, C. P., and L. J. Leamy. 2001. Quantitative genetics of geometric shape in the mouse mandible. Evolution 55:2342-2352.
21. Klingenberg, C. P., and L. R. Monteiro. 2005. Distances and directions in multidimensional shape spaces: implications for morphometric applications. Syst. Biol. 54:678-688.
22. Klingenberg, K. P. 1996. Multivariate allometry. Pp. 23-49 in L. F. Marcus, M. Corti, A. Loy, G. J. P. Naylor, and D. E. Slice, eds. Advances in Morphometrics. Plenum Press, New York.
23. Mardia, K. V., F. L. Bookstein, and I. J. Moreton. 2000. Statistical assessment of bilateral symmetry of shapes. Biometrika. 87:285-300.
24. McPeek, M. A., L. Shen, J. Z. Torrey, and H. Farid. 2008. The tempo and mode of three-dimensional morphological evolution in male reproductive structures. Am. Nat. 171:E158-E178.
25. Mitteroecker, P., & Bookstein, F. L. (2007). The conceptual and statistical relationship between modularity and morphological integration. Systematic Biology. 56:818–836.
26. Mitteroecker, P. and P. Gunz. 2009. Advances in geometric morphometrics. Evolutionary Biology. 36:235-247.
27. Mitteroecker, P., P. Gunz, M. Bernhard, K. Schaefer, and F. L. Bookstein. 2004. Comparison of cranial ontogenetic trajectories among great apes and humans. Journal of Human Evolution. 46:679-698.
28. Myers, E. M., F. J. Janzen, D. C. Adams, and J. K. Tucker. 2006. Quantitative genetics of plastron shape in slider turtles (Trachemys scripta). Evolution 60:563-572.
29. Piras, P., P. Colangelo, D. C. Adams, A. Buscalioni, J. Cubo, T. Kotsakis, C. Meloro, and P. Raia. 2010. The Gavialis-Tomistoma debate: the contribution of skull ontogenetic allometry and growth trajectories to the study of crocodylian relationships. Evol. Develop. 12:568-579.
30. Rohlf, F. J. 1999. Shape statistics: Procrustes superimpositions and tangent spaces. Journal of Classification. 16:197-223.
31. Rohlf, F. J. 2000a. On the use of shape spaces to compare morphometric methods. Hystrix. 11: 9-25.
32. Rohlf, F. J. 2000b: Statistical power comparisons among alternative morphometric methods. Amer. J. Phys. Anthropol. 111:463-478.
33. Rohlf, F. J. 2003. Bias and error in estimates of mean shape in geometric morphometrics. J. Hum. Evol. 44:665-683.
34. Rohlf, F. J., and F. L. Bookstein. 2003. Computing the uniform component of shape variation. Syst. Biol. 52:66-69.
35. Rohlf, F. J., and L. F. Marcus. 1993. A revolution in morphometrics. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 8:129-132
36. Rohlf, F. J., and Slice, D. E. 1990. Extensions of the Procrustes method for the optimal superimposition of landmarks. Systematic Zoology 39:40-59.
37. Savriama, Y., and C. P. Klingenberg. 2011. Beyond bilateral symmetry: geometric morphometric methods for any type of symmetry. BMC Evolutionary Biology 11(:280):1-24.
38. Slice, D. E. 2001. Landmark coordinates aligned by Procrustes analysis do not lie in Kendall’s shape space. Systematic Biology. 50:141-149.

Other Books of Interest:

  • Red Book (RB): Bookstein, F. L., Chernoff, B., Elder, R. L., Humphries, J. M. Jr., Smith, G. R., and Strauss, R. E. 1985. Morphometrics in evolutionary biology. Special publication 15. Academy of Natural Sciences Press, Philadelphia. 277 pp.
  • Blue Book (BB): Rohlf, F. J. and F. L. Bookstein (eds.) 1990. Proceedings of the Michigan morphometrics workshop. University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, Special publ. No. 2.
  • Orange Book (OB): Bookstein, F. L. 1991. Morphometric tools for landmark data. Cambridge Press. 435 pp.
  • Black Book (BlkB): Marcus, L.F., Bello, E., Garcia-Valdecasas, A. (eds.) 1993.Contributions to morphometrics. Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC), vol. 8, Madrid, Spain. 264 pp.
  • White Book (WB): Marcus, L. F., M. Corti, A. Loy, G. J. P. Naylor, and D. Slice. 1996. Advances in morphometrics. NATO ASI Series A vol 284. Plenum.
  • Blackith, R., and R. A. Reyment. 1971. Multivariate morphometrics. Academic Press, New York.
  • Dryden, I. L., and K. V. Mardia 1998: Statistical shape analysis. John Wiley & Sons. New York. 347 pp.
  • Lestrel, P. E. 2000. Morphometrics for the life sciences. Recent advances in human biology volume 7. C. E. Oxnard (series ed.). World Scientific Press. Singapore. 261 pp.
  • Small, C. G. 1996. The statistical theory of shape. Springer series in statistics. Springer-Verlag. New York. 227 pp.


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