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Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2013 05:06:24 -0400
From: Soledad Esteban <[email protected]>
Reply-To: Soledad Esteban <[email protected]>
Subject: Course on Geometric Morphometrics and Plants, Barcelona, Spain
To: [email protected]
Dear Colleagues,
Registration is open for the course "GEOMETRIC MORPHOMETRICS WITH PLANTS",
April 22-26, 2014.
Instructors: Dr. Klingenberg (University of Manchester, UK) and MSc. Flatcher
(Universities of Innsbruck and Vienna, Austria).
PLACE: Els Hostalets de Pierola, Barcelona (Spain).
Organized by: Transmitting Science and the Centre de Restauració i
Interpretació Paleontologica.
This course offers a self-contained introduction to geometric morphometrics
with a special focus on applications in plant evolution and development.
Plant-specific aspects of data acquisition and evaluation are discussed, and
the particular possibilities of geometric morphometrics in plants will be
highlighted. Lectures about general morphological and developmental
characteristics of plants are combined with an introduction to the concepts and
techniques of shape analysis. Finally, advanced methods such as regression
analyses, modularity tests and comparative phylogenetic analyses are presented.
This theoretical basis is complemented by hands-on demonstrations of data
collection and analyses. The main focus of the course will be on landmark
morphometrics, but a brief introduction and discussion of outline methods and
semilandmarks is also provided. If there are participants who already
have collected their own data, they are encouraged to bring these data for
conducting analyses and discussing results.
More info: http://www.transmittingscience.org/courses/gm/gm-and-plants/
With best regards
Soledad De Esteban Trivigno
Area de Paleobiologia
[email protected]
Institut Català de Paleontologia
Edifici ICP, Campus de la UAB
08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès
Barcelona. Spain
www.icp.cat
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