Hello, While I do not have a lot of experience Micro Scribing personally, others in my lab (Steppan, FSU) have and I did training sessions with a previous graduate student who had micro scribed rodent skulls.
In short yes it works fine. In long the accuracy depends on two conditions the resolution of the scribe and the stability of the specimen in relation to the scribe stand. I.e. the specimen should remain unmoving which presents an issue for smaller fragile specimens. The grad student ho was doing this work experiments with a number of mediums to stabilize the specimen and found that clay allowed good reshapable stability (taking specimen in and out) as well as repositioning (dorsal vs ventral aspect). Things to look for is a clay that leaves very little color or oil residue, and is solid at room temp (but malleable is warmed from the hands). Mount the scribe and secure the skull and you should be good to go! Feel free to email me if you have other questions or specifics. -Carl Saltzberg On Thursday, July 9, 2015 at 6:24:34 PM UTC-4, Michael Holmes wrote: > Hi Everyone, > Has anyone collected 3D data using a Microscribe on anything smaller than a > squirrel? How accurate are the points? Are there any precautions to using a > Microscribe on small specimens? Thanks. > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----------------- > > > Michael W. Holmes, Ph.D. > Assistant Professor > Department of Biology > Coastal Carolina University > > > > https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=hVEidC8AAAAJ&hl=en -- 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.
