Morphometrics of the callitrichid forelimb: A case study in size and shape |
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Authors: | Anthony B Falsetti William L Jungers Theodore M Colle III |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Ecology and Evolution, Division of Biological Sciences, State University of New York-Stony Brook, 11794-5425 Stony Brook, New York;(2) Department of Anatomical Sciences, The Health Sciences Center, State University of New York-Stony Brook, 11794 Stony Brook, New York;(3) Doctoral Program in Anthropological Sciences, State University of New York-Stony Brook, 11794 Stony Brook, New York;(4) Present address: Department of Anthropology, University of New Mexico, 87131-1086 Albuquerque, New Mexico;(5) Present address: Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, The John's Hopkins University, 21205 Baltimore, Maryland |
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Abstract: | Mosimann and colleagues formulated a technique that distinguishes between size and shape, based on the concept of geometric similarity and the distinction between log size-and-shape and log shape variables. We extend these formulations in an examination of the forelimb of three callitrichid species (adultSaguinus oedipus, Saguinus fuscicollis, andCallithrix jacchus). We employ principal components analysis to explore the relationship between variance explained by size-and-shape versus shape alone. Independence of shape vectors is examined via correlation analysis. Then we use log shape data to construct intersample (species means) and total sample (between all paris of individuals) matrices of average taxonomic distances. These distance matrices are subjected to cluster analysis and principal coordinate ordinations. Results of principal components analysis suggest that after isometric size is removed, there remains sufficient shape information to discriminate among the three taxa. Careful examination and quantification of the relationships between shape and size suggest that size information (e.g., geometric mean) is fundamental for understanding shape differences within and among callitrichid species; in other words, most aspects of forelimb shape are significantly correlated with size. Contrary to conventional wisdom, we also demonstrate that such correlations are not spurious . Ordinations and clustering of log shape distance matrices (based on means and individuals) support the notion that, despite differences in size, the two tamarins are more similar in shape than either is toC. jacchus (despite size similarity betweenS. fuscicollis andC. jacchus). Although shape variation in the forelimb of calliirichids may have a functional component, the phylogenetic signal remains strong and serves to group individuals accordingly. |
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Keywords: | size and shape callitrichids multivariate statistics |
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