Dear morphometricians
After some discussion with our administrators, we decided to change the
registration procedure for this year's online course on morphometrics.
The new procedure is simpler, because there is only a single step for
registration and payment. This also enables us to have a deadline that
is quite a bit later than it was under the old procedure.
The new registration procedure uses the university's e-store, which can
process automatic *payments by credit card or debit card*. The deadline
for registration via this site is the *23 October 2015*.
If you cannot pay by credit or debit card, or *if you require a formal
invoice* (e.g. for reimbursement by your institution), you need to
contact the Short Course Office in our faculty via this E-mail:
fls-shortcour...@manchester.ac.uk
If you need to use this option, please do so as soon as possible, but
definitely *well before October*.
Further information on the course and a link to the registration page
can be found on the following we site:
http://www.flywings.org.uk/MorphoCourse
This year's course will run in the six weeks from 2 November to 11
December 2015.
Course content:
* Data acquisition: the kinds of data and the equipment used to collect
them.
* Definitions of size and shape
* Geometric methods to characterise shape from a configuration of
landmark points (Procrustes superimposition)
* Statistics of variation, scatter plots, basic multivariate statistics
* Principal component analysis
* Measurement error and outliers
* Shape transformations and 'warping' -- the thin plate spline
* Analysis of outline shapes
* Distinguishing between groups (taxonomy, clinical diagnosis, etc.)
* Allometry and size correction
* Influence of external factors on shape (ecomorphology, dose-response
studies)
* Symmetric forms and measurement of asymmetry.
* Morphometric inferences on developmental processes
* Morphological integration and modularity
* Genetics of shape: analyses of resemblance between relatives, QTL
analyses.
* Phylogeny: reconstructing the evolution of shape
Practice examples:
As far as possible, practical exercises are provided to accompany the
course content. These practice exercises consist of data sets and
explanations on how to run the respective analyses using the MorphoJ
software (http://www.flywings.org.uk/MorphoJ_page.htm).
Participants who already have their own data are encouraged to use those
and to discuss them as part of the course. I hope there will be a bit of
a 'workshop' feel to the course unit.
Group work:
Participants will work in small groups to prepare web presentations of
possible morphometric studies (wikis prepared by the groups). This
activity stimulates discussion and provides a broad overview of the
broad range of questions that can be addressed with morphometric methods.
The fee for the course is GBP 330.00.
For further details and a link to the registration page, see the course
web page:
http://www.flywings.org.uk/MorphoCourse
Best wishes,
Chris
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Christian Peter Klingenberg
Faculty of Life Sciences
The University of Manchester
Michael Smith Building
Oxford Road
Manchester M13 9PT
United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 161 275 3899
Fax: +44 161 275 5082
E-mail: c...@manchester.ac.uk
Web: http://www.flywings.org.uk
Skype: chris_klingenberg
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