Hello Andrea
>(say, belonging to the same genus) could be compared to differences in >allometric trajectories between the ingroup species and an outgroup >species (for instance, a species of a different but closely related >genus). did you try the MANCOVA design at lower taxonomic sacles? My experience is that often "forced" common allometry is somewhat "artificial" and that tests of parallelism at lower taxonomic scales (species level) give some hints towards your suspects.... they also help to assess the differences in morphological terms. markus >Any suggestion, please? >Id also be curious to know whether or not you would try to take into >account the fact the samples are not statistically independent because >of taxonomic hierarchy when performing these tests. > >A second, related, question. What are the possible biological >interpretations of having trajectories with similar slopes but different >intercepts? (Differences arising early, i.e. before birth, in >development??? Other interpretations?). > >Thanks a lot, in advance, for your help. >Best > >Andrea > > >Andrea Cardini >Istituto di Medicina Legale e delle Assicurazioni >Universit degli Studi di Milano >via Mangiagalli 37 >Milano 20133, Italy >tel. 0039 02 50315678/9 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >and > >Division of Mammals, Department of Vertebrate Zoology >NHB 390, MRC 108 >National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution >P.O. BOX 37012 >Washington, DC 20013-7012, USA >tel. 202 3571476 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > >-------------------------------------------------------------------------- >CONCORSO "All Friends": >NAVIGA CON INTERFREE E VINCI OLTRE 5.000 PREMI HI.TECH! > >Iscriviti gratuitamente all'indirizzo http://promo.interfree.it >naviga in internet con i nostri numeri a tariffa urbana e vinci: > >3.000 Mouse ottici >1.200 Mouse ottici per notebook >600 Mouse wireless >300 Tastiere wireless + mouse wireless >150 Sistemi wireless access point completi di due pcmci card >60 Monitor LCD da 15" >18 Notebook > >BUONA FORTUNA! ;-) Lo Staff di Interfree >-------------------------------------------------------------------------- >== >Replies will be sent to list. >For more information see http://life.bio.sunysb.edu/morph/morphmet.html. Markus Bastir Atapuerca Research Team Department of Paleobiology Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales Jos. Abascal 2, 28006 Madrid, Spain. Tel.: +34 91 411 13 28 Fax: +34 91 564 50 78 mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.terra.es/personal/bastir == Replies will be sent to list. For more information see http://life.bio.sunysb.edu/morph/morphmet.html.
