Studying Developmental Variation with Geometric Morphometric Image Analysis (GMIA)

Christine Mayer; Brian D. Metscher; Gerd B. Müller; Philipp Mitteroecker

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0115076

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Studying Developmental Variation with Geometric Morphometric Image Analysis (GMIA)

Christine Mayer,

Affiliation Department of Theoretical Biology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna, Althanstraße 14, A-1090, Vienna, Austria
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Brian D. Metscher,

Affiliation Department of Theoretical Biology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna, Althanstraße 14, A-1090, Vienna, Austria
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Gerd B. Müller,

Affiliation Department of Theoretical Biology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna, Althanstraße 14, A-1090, Vienna, Austria
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Philipp Mitteroecker

* E-mail: philipp.mitteroecker@univie.ac.at

Affiliation Department of Theoretical Biology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna, Althanstraße 14, A-1090, Vienna, Austria
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Studying Developmental Variation with Geometric Morphometric Image Analysis (GMIA)

Christine Mayer,
Brian D. Metscher,
Gerd B. Müller,
Philipp Mitteroecker

Published: December 12, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0115076

About the Authors

Christine Mayer

Affiliation Department of Theoretical Biology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna, Althanstraße 14, A-1090, Vienna, Austria

Brian D. Metscher

Affiliation Department of Theoretical Biology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna, Althanstraße 14, A-1090, Vienna, Austria

Gerd B. Müller

Affiliation Department of Theoretical Biology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna, Althanstraße 14, A-1090, Vienna, Austria

Philipp Mitteroecker

* E-mail: philipp.mitteroecker@univie.ac.at

Affiliation Department of Theoretical Biology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna, Althanstraße 14, A-1090, Vienna, Austria

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PM. Performed the experiments: CM. Analyzed the data: CM PM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BDM GBM. Wrote the paper: CM BDM GBM PM.

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