Dear colleagues,
There are 4 slots available for the 5th edition of the course Geometric
Morphometrics for Beginners.
Dates and schedule: Online live sessions on January *27*th, *28*th, *29*th,
*30*th, and *31*st, 2025.
From* 15:00 *to* 20:00 *(Madrid time zone).
Instructor: Jesús Marugán (UAM, Spain)
Programme:
- Introduction: What is *geometric morphometrics*?
- Brief history, geometric morphometrics vs “traditional” morphometrics.
- Applications: What problems can be addressed with geometric
morphometrics?
- Available software, uses and differences.
- Fundamentals of abstraction from shape geometry to *landmarks* and
*semilandmarks* configurations.
- *Data acquisition*, digitalisation and methodological considerations.
- *Size and shape* in geometric morphometrics.
- *Generalized Procrustes Analysis*, shape space and its conceptual and
practical importance.
- Alternative superimposing methods:
- Procrustes: Bookstein Shape Coordinates.
- Resistant Fit.
- Others: EDMA.
- Practical case of application of the methodologies.
- Semilandmarks digitization practices.
- Viewing the results:
- The ‘*Thin plate spline*’: Transformation and the metaphor of the
deformation grid.
- Deformation of surfaces in 2D and 3D.
- *Variation and covariation*: Analysis tools with multivariate
statistics; Factor analysis (PCA) and multivariate regression.
- Association (covariation) between size and shape (*allometry*).
Software: Participants will use TPS <https://sbmorphometrics.org/> series
and MorphoJ <https://morphometrics.uk/MorphoJ_page.html> for the practicals
(both free and user friendly). The instructor will demonstrate some of the
theory using other softwares too.
More information:
https://www.transmittingscience.com/courses/geometric-morphometrics/geometric-morphometrics-for-beginners/
or writing to [email protected]
Best wishes
Sole
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