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Morphometrics is the study of shape variation in organisms and its
covariation with other variables. During the last 15 years there have
been great advances in development of the methods used for description
and statistical analysis of shape variation. The aim of this workshop
is to provide comprehensive introduction to both theory and methods in
the shape analysis and its practical aspects. Traditional morphometric
analyses are based on the measurements that generate sets of distances
among objects being studied, while geometric morphometrics utilizes
landmark coordinates to extract the shape of the objects. The main
objective of the workshop is to equip the students with knowledge to
analyze shapes of the organisms in their study and carry out the
statistical analyses of their data. The workshop will be presented
in a lecture and laboratory format where lectures are followed by practical
sessions in data acquisition, use of shape analysis software,
statistical analysis. Geometric morphometrics is used in describing and
comparing shapes of organisms or the shapes of particular structures.
This methodis applicable in studying geographical, developmental, genetic,
and environmental variation in shape of the organisms. Thus it is can be
used by a broad category of students in the fields of ecology, evolution,
systematics, genetics, medicine, etc.. Since it is applicable to many
areas in biology, medicine, and anthropology, it is very useful in
interdisciplinary research areas.
This workshop is limited to 20 students. Participants are expected to work
on their own example (small) data sets to facilitate understanding of the
application of geometric morphometric methods, and each student is expected
to present a brief summary of the analysis of her/his own data. In case of
further interest please see the contact address below.
This workshop is organized by Department of Biology, METU
( http://www.bio.metu.edu.tr/ ), sponsored by Scientific and Technical
Research Council of Turkey ( http://www.tubitak.gov.tr/ ) and METU
( http://www.metu.edu.tr/ ) and supported by Institute of Applied
Mathematics, METU ( http://www.iam.metu.edu.tr/ ), and EURO Working Group
on Continuous Optimization (EUROPT; http://www.iam.metu.edu.tr/EUROPT/ )
with its service for computational biology and optimization of biosystems.
INVITED SPEAKERS
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o Dean C. Adams (Iowa State University),
o F. James Rohlf (SUNY Stony Brook),
o Dennis E. Slice (University of Vienna).
For additional information please CONTACT:
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Prof. Dr. Aykut Kence
Department of Biology
Middle East Technical University
06531 Ankara
e-mail: [email protected] .