Permutation tests for phylogenetic comparative analyses of high-dimensional shape data: what you shuffle matters

DC Adams, ML Collyer - Evolution, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Evaluating statistical trends in high-dimensional phenotypes poses challenges for
comparative biologists, because the high-dimensionality of the trait data relative to the …

A new, fast method to search for morphological convergence with shape data

S Castiglione, C Serio, D Tamagnini, M Melchionna… - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Morphological convergence is an intensely studied macroevolutionary phenomenon. It
refers to the morphological resemblance between phylogenetically distant taxa. Currently …

[PDF][PDF] Shape descriptors as ecometrics in dental ecology

RE Alistair - Virtual Morphology and Evolutionary Morphometrics in …, 2013 - iris.unimore.it
The revolution in morphometrics over the last 20 years has largely been in shape analysis
methods that explicitly encode shape. These methods, which include Fourier outline shape …

Interspecific variation in the limb long bones among modern rhinoceroses—extent and drivers

C Mallet, R Cornette, G Billet, A Houssaye - PeerJ, 2019 - peerj.com
Among amniotes, numerous lineages are subject to an evolutionary trend toward body mass
and size increases. Large terrestrial species may face important constraints linked to weight …

Bite of the cats: relationships between functional integration and mechanical performance as revealed by mandible geometry

P Piras, L Maiorino, L Teresi, C Meloro… - Systematic …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Cat-like carnivorous mammals represent a relatively homogeneous group of species whose
morphology appears constrained by exclusive adaptations for meat eating. We present the …

Ecogeographical variation in skull shape of capuchin monkeys

N Cáceres, C Meloro, F Carotenuto… - Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Because of their recent evolutionary radiation, capuchin monkeys represent an ideal
group with which to investigate ecomorphological adaptations in relation to geography and …

Testing convergent and parallel adaptations in talpids humeral mechanical performance by means of geometric morphometrics and finite element analysis

P Piras, G Sansalone, L Teresi, T Kotsakis… - Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The shape and mechanical performance in Talpidae humeri were studied by means of
Geometric Morphometrics and Finite Element Analysis, including both extinct and extant …

Exploring Eucladoceros Ecomorphology Using Geometric Morphometrics

SC Curran - The Anatomical Record, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
An increasingly common method for reconstructing paleoenvironmental parameters of
hominin sites is ecological functional morphology (ecomorphology). This study provides a …

4D-analysis of left ventricular heart cycle using procrustes motion analysis

P Piras, A Evangelista, S Gabriele, P Nardinocchi… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
The aim of this study is to investigate human left ventricular heart morphological changes in
time among 17 healthy subjects. Preliminarily, 2 patients with volumetric overload due to …

Influence of evolutionary allometry on rates of morphological evolution and disparity in strictly subterranean moles (Talpinae, Talpidae, Lipotyphla, Mammalia)

G Sansalone, P Colangelo, T Kotsakis, A Loy… - Journal of Mammalian …, 2018 - Springer
The adaptation to a particular function could directly influence the morphological evolution of
an anatomical structure as well as its rates. The humeral morphology of moles (subfamily …