Dear morphometricians
Here are two papers that have recently appeared and may be of interest
to you.
One is an analysis of the evolution of ontogenetic allometries in flower
parts. This is an application of allometric spaces, an idea so far
mostly used in traditional morphometrics, but now applied within the
framework of geometric morphometrics.
Strelin, M. M., S. M. Benitez-Vieyra, J. Fornoni, C. P. Klingenberg, &
A. A. Cocucci. 2017. The evolution of floral ontogenetic allometry in
the Andean genus Caiophora (Loasaceae, subfam. Loasoideae). Evolution &
Development: advance online, DOI: 10.1111/ede.12246.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ede.12246/full
or
http://flywings.org.uk/PDF%20files/EvolDev2018.pdf
The second paper looks at the origin of fluctuating asymmetry in plants
(and other sessile organisms). As far as I know, this is the first study
to provide evidence that a part of what normally would be counted as
fluctuating asymmetry is due not to developmental instability, but to
phenotypic plasticity in response to environmental heterogeneity.
Tucić, B., S. Budečević, S. Manitašević Jovanović, A. Vuleta, and C. P.
Klingenberg. 2017. Phenotypic plasticity in response to environmental
heterogeneity contributes to fluctuating asymmetry in plants: first
empirical evidence. Journal of Evolutionary Biology: advance online,
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.13207
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jeb.13207/full
or
http://flywings.org.uk/PDF%20files/JEB2017.pdf
I hope these will be useful. Happy holidays and a productive start to
the new year to everyone!
Best wishes,
Chris
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