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Subject: On-line morphometrics course from Manchester
Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2011 07:05:39 -0400
From: Chris Klingenberg <[email protected]>
Reply-To: [email protected]
Organization: University of Manchester
To: [email protected]
Dear morphometricians
I am pleased to announce this year's morphometrics course from the
University of Manchester. This year's course will run in the six weeks
from 7 November to 16 December 2011.
The course information can be found on the following we site:
http://www.flywings.org.uk/MorphoCourse
Course content:
* Data acquisition: the kinds of data and the equipment used to collect
them.
* Definitions of size and shape
* Geometric methods to characterise shape from a configuration of
landmark points (Procrustes superimposition)
* Statistics of variation, scatter plots, basic multivariate statistics
* Principal component analysis
* Measurement error and outliers
* Shape transformations and 'warping' -- the thin plate spline
* Analysis of outline shapes
* Distinguishing between groups (taxonomy, clinical diagnosis, etc.)
* Allometry and size correction
* Influence of external factors on shape (ecomorphology, dose-response
studies)
* Symmetric forms and measurement of asymmetry.
* Morphometric inferences on developmental processes, morphological
integration, modularity
* Genetics of shape: analyses of resemblance between relatives, QTL
analyses.
* Phylogeny: reconstructing the evolution of shape
Practice examples:
As far as possible, practical exercises are provided to accompany the
course content. These practice exercises consist of data sets and
explanations on how to run the respective analyses using the MorphoJ
software (http://www.flywings.org.uk/MorphoJ_page.htm).
Participants who already have their own data are encouraged to use those
and to discuss them as part of the course. I hope there will be a bit of
a 'workshop' feel to the course unit.
Group work:
Participants will work in small groups to prepare web presentations of
possible morphometric studies (blogs or wikis prepared by the groups).
This activity stimulates discussion and provides a broad overview of the
broad range of questions that can be addressed with morphometric methods.
The fee for the course is GBP 260.00 (I'm afraid it's gone up again
slightly from last year -- this is out of my control).
All prospective participants need to pre-register for the course. The
deadline for this is the *18 September 2011*.
For further details and the pre-registration form, see the course web page:
http://www.flywings.org.uk/MorphoCourse
Best wishes,
Chris
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Christian Peter Klingenberg
Faculty of Life Sciences
The University of Manchester
Michael Smith Building
Oxford Road
Manchester M13 9PT
United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 161 275 3899
Fax: +44 161 275 5082
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.flywings.org.uk
Skype: chris_klingenberg
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