Increasingly, data on shape are analysed in combination with molecular genetic or ecological information, so that tools for geometric morphometric analysis are required. Morphometric studies most often use the arrangements of morphological landmarks as the data source and extract shape information from them by Procrustes superimposition. The MorphoJ software combines this approach with a wide r...

Abstract Background The Phenice method is a reliable qualitative analysis of the pubis and ischium region innominate bone to assess an individual’s sex. Geometric morphometric provides methods quantitative for identification purposes, which may be affected by environmental changes. This study analysed utilising 3D (3 dimensional) CT (computed tomography) scans geometric morphometrics sex estima...

This study was carried out to determine the shape of fox skull by geometric morphometric method according gender. For this purpose, four female and nine male skulls were used. The photographed from dorsal lateral aspects. Eleven homologous landmarks on aspect 19 marked photographs skull. Principal component analysis Relative warp performed coordinate values images. In addition, MorphoJ software...

Videofluoroscopic imaging of swallowing known as the Modified Barium Study (MBS) is the standard of care for assessing swallowing difficulty. While the clinical purpose of this radiographic imaging is to primarily assess aspiration risk, valuable biomechanical data is embedded in these studies. Computational analysis of swallowing mechanics (CASM) is an established research methodology for asse...

(1) Background: local morphological variation can provide useful information to clarify the role of hybridization in Mediterranean oaks. Accordingly, we have characterized putative hybrids and oak species coexisting a highly diversified forest Algeria with four native (Quercus suber L., Q. ilex canariensis Willd., afares Pomel). (2) Methods: sixteen plots, including 89 trees from their were sam...

Tetragona Lepeletier & Serville, 1828 (Hymenoptera: Apidae) is a genus of stingless bees widely distributed in Brazil. It has 15 species the Neotropics, from Mexico to Uruguay, nine which are found However, elongata (Lepeletier 1828), known only Southeast region and had been synonymized with clavipes (Fabricius, 1804), was revalidated without any justification. The aim this study test wheth...

Craniosynostosis (CS) is the premature fusion of cranial sutures during embryonic development, and this results in intracranial pressure skull deformities. Thyrotoxicosis, specifically maternal hyperthyroidism, has been linked to development CS. Our lab currently validating an avian model thyroxine-induced CS study mechanism involved thyroxine-enhanced ossification. We hypothesized that thyroxi...