Dear Colleagues, Registration is open for the course “Studying Ontogeny at Different Levels Using Geometric Morphometrics - 3rd Edition”. Dates: May 30-June 1, 2016. Instructor:Kieran McNulty (University of Minnesota, United States of America). This course will provide a basic introduction to geometric morphometric analyses, with an emphasis on using this tool kit to address questions related to growth, development, and evolution. Simple characterizations of multivariate ontogeny will give way to more complicated methods for visualizing and comparing different patterns of growth and development. From here, we will take up the idea of changes in ontogeny as a mechanism for producing evolutionary change. Using landmark data, it is possible to address many of the issues related to evolutionary development, but it will also become clear that the basic formulation of traditional evo-devo models lose relevance in the complex datasets available through modern digitisation and morphometric analysis. We will end by discussing the difficulties and misconceptions in interpreting morphometric analyses of ontogeny, and introduce some of the advanced topics in ontogeny that morphometricians are beginning to address.
More info and registration: http://www.transmittingscience.org/courses/gm/ontogeny-and-gm/ A basic knowledge in statistics and Geometric Morphometrics is required. The course will be held in the Sabadell facilities of the Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont (Barcelona, Spain) and is co-organized by Transmitting Science and the Institut Català de Paleontologia M. Crusafont. Places are limited and will be covered by strict registration order. Please feel free to distribute this information between your colleagues if you consider it appropriate. With best regards Soledad De Esteban-Trivigno Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont (ICP) Campus de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Cerdanyola del Vallès (Barcelona). Spain www.icp.cat -- MORPHMET may be accessed via its webpage at http://www.morphometrics.org To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to morphmet+unsubscr...@morphometrics.org.
