Hi all, I have landmark data from 8 populations of a widespread species. The populations differ quite dramatically in shape and I would like to determine how much of that variation might correspond to genetic variation (DNA sequence data) among the same populations. What I think I could do is to compute pairwise distances among all populations in shape space and compare that to a matrix of pairwise genetic distances using something like a Mantel test. My question: is there an easy way to generate a matrix of pairwise distances (Mahalonobis distance?) in any of the TPS series of programs (or any other program). I could then take the two matrices and use something like NTSYS (I think it will do this) to compare them. Any suggestions about how to do this, other than manually in a spreadsheet?
Thanks, Mark Mark C. Belk Professor, Integrative Biology Brigham Young University 801-422-4154 -- Replies will be sent to the list. For more information visit http://www.morphometrics.org
