Some corrections/clarifications of my post yesterday for the general reader:
a) I should have said "Your algae ARE quite nice looking." or "Your ALGA is quite nice looking." b) The definitive reference for geometric morphometric asymmetry analysis is: Mardia, Bookstein, and Moreton. 2000. Statistical assessment of bilateral symmetry of shapes. Biometrika 87:285-300. Yes, it says bilateral symmetry, but the logic and procedures defined therein need only be modified to account for the two planes of symmetry as discussed previously. -ds ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -- Dennis E. Slice, Ph.D. Department of Biomedical Engineering Wake Forest University School of Medicine Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA 27157-1022 Phone: 336-716-5384 Fax: 336-716-2870 == Replies will be sent to list. For more information see http://life.bio.sunysb.edu/morph/morphmet.html.
