Curso Internacional: "Studying Evolution with Geometric Morphometrics - 2ª ed."

Profesor: Prof. Chris Klingenberg (University of Manchester, UK). 

Requerimientos: Conocimiento básico de Morfometría Geométrica (es un curso avanzado).

Fechas: 4-8 de abril, 2016.

Lugar: Centro Científico y Tecnológico Conicet, La Plata, Argentina.

Registration and more info: http://www.transmittingscience.org/courses/gm/evolution-and-gm/

PROGRAMA:

Review of some fundamental methods, introduction to MorphoJ:

- Size and shape, Procrustes fit, visualization of shape changes.

- Principal component analysis.

- Distinguishing groups: Canonical variates and discriminant analysis.

A closer look at some properties of morphometric data:

- Measurement error and outliers.

- Symmetry and asymmetry.

- Regression: Allometry and size correction.

Morphological integration and modularity:

- Partial least squares.

- Modularity.

- Inferring developmental integration from fluctuating asymmetry.

Phylogeny and comparative methods:

- Mapping shape data onto phylogenies.

- Comparative methods.

- Advanced topics: Analyses across levels, evolutionary size correction.

Special topics and combined analyses:

- Complex symmetries.

- Comparing covariance matrices (matrix correlation, ordination methods, etc.).

- Putting things together: Multi-level analyses.

Este curso es co-organizado por Transmitting Science y el Instituto de Genética Veterinaria.