As to running Windows software on Linux, that is what I do, and you have several options. My first choice is to run the programs under wine, e.g.,'wine mrph-gui.exe' or 'wine tpsDig.exe' after installation.
If you know the programs, this is fine. The only problem is illegibly small fonts in morpheus and the tps help files. If that causes a problem for my particular project, I fire up a vmware workstation (vm is for virtual machine) under linux on which I have installed an old copy of Windows XP or something. Everything works as advertised under that. Vmware is a commercial product. Free, but less tested/stable alternatives (I am told) are Xen and VirtualBox, but I have no personal experience with either. -dslice morphmet wrote: > Dear morphometricians, > I've got a few issues on which I would greatly appreciate your advice. I > thank you very much, in advance, for your help. > > References, first. > 1a) I am looking for papers on statistical comparisons of shape and > genetic divergence. I am especially interested in how to test whether > morphological divergence in a lineage is larger than expected based on > genetic (neutral?) divergence. > > 1b) I'd like to read more on how to build confidence ellipses around > sample mean shapes in PCAs. If I remember well, there were at least a > couple of papers by Brasilian colleagues. I would greatly appreciate to > have those and other references. > > Permutation tests. > 2) A practical example. I've got two samples and I want to test > differences in mean shapes using permutation tests. However, sample size > is very different (say, sample A is 10 specimens and sample B 200). What > is the consequence (if any) of such an unequal sample size on the test? > ... Loss of statistical power??? Is this something I can get around by > using random subsets of 10 specimens from sample B to do the permutation > test? > > Software. > 3) Does anybody have experience with running Morpheus on a Linux > machine? I gave it a try in a computer lab but we did not make it. > Also, I was wondering whether there's a way to run NTSYSpc on Linux. I > cannot access the website now but I'll check later whether there's > anything about this or even a Linux version of the program. > > Once more, thanks a lot for your always helpful advice. > All the best > Andrea > > > > > > > Dr. Andrea Cardini > Lecturer in Biology > Museo di Paleobiologia e dell'Orto Botanico > Universitá di Modena e Reggio Emilia > via Università 4, 41100, Modena, Italy > tel: 0039 059 2056532 > fax: 0039 059 2056535 > & > Hull York Medical School > The University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, UK > > E-mail address: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.york.ac.uk/res/fme/people/andrea.htm > > > > > > > -- Dennis E. Slice Department of Anthropology University of Vienna ======================================================== -- Replies will be sent to the list. For more information visit http://www.morphometrics.org
