A course in morphometrics for biologists: geometry and statistics for studies of organismal form PDF
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ACourseinMorphometricsforBiologists Thisbookbuildsamuch-neededbridgebetweenbiostatisticsandorganismalbiology bylinkingthearithmeticofstatisticalstudiesoforganismalformtothebiological inferencesthatmayfollowfromthem.Itincorporatesacascadeofnewexplanations ofregression,correlation,covarianceanalysis,andprincipalcomponentsanalysis, beforeapplyingthesetechniquestoanincreasinglycommondataresource:the descriptionoforganismalformsbysetsoflandmarkpointconfigurations.Foreach dataset,multipleanalysesareinterpretedandcomparedforinsightintotherelation betweenthearithmeticofthemeasurementsandtherhetoricofthesubsequent biologicalexplanations.Thetextincludesexamplesthatrangebroadlyovergrowth, evolution,anddisease.Forgraduatestudentsandresearchersalike,thisbookoffersa uniqueconsiderationofthescientificcontextsurroundingtheanalysisofformin today’sbiosciences. fred l. booksteinisgenerallyconsideredthefounderofmodern morphometrics,aninterdisciplinaryfieldbridgingcomputervision,statisticalscience, andorganismalbiology.Hismostlastingcontributiontothefieldisprobablyhis1989 inventionofthethin-platesplinefordepictionanddecompositionofchangesin landmarkconfigurations,amethodthathasappearedincountlessscientific publications,severalcourtroomproceedings,andevenadanceconcert.AFellowof theInstituteofMathematicalStatistics,hewasthefirstwinner(2011)oftheRohlf MedalforExcellenceinMorphometrics.Thisishiseighthbook. Here,oneoftheiconicimagesofWesternart,Rodin’sThinker(LePenseur), isphotographedagainstsunsplashedurbangreeneryattheRodinMuseumin Philadelphia,Pennsylvania.Initsradicallydifferentoriginalsetting,thesame figure,atsmallerscale,sitshighonthesculptor’sLaPortedel’Enfer(Gatesof Hell),anassemblageofnearly200subordinatehumanformsexemplifyingall oftheparadoxesofhumanityoutofDante’sInferno.Itakethiscreationasan emblemofthereflexivityofhumanbiology,humankindstudyinghumankind. ThereissuperbMichelangelesquedetailintheheroicmusculaturehere,butit isthepose,notthedetail,thatletsusinferaspecificbehavioral/emotionalstate: meditative study. And even the pedestal on which the creation sits conveys a metaphor for our science, sculpted as it is to project the Thinker off the edge of the secure toward the unknown. We would do well to imitate this level of disinterested engagement in the course of our own studies of this most interesting evolutionary lineage, from the first eukaryotes through the Cambrianexplosionofmetazoaandsodowntoourownsuddenspecies. ©Peter Gridley/Stockbite/Getty Images A Course in Morphometrics for Biologists Geometry and Statistics for Studies of Organismal Form FRED L. BOOKSTEIN UniversityofWashington,Seattle UniversityofVienna,Austria UniversityPrintingHouse,CambridgeCB28BS,UnitedKingdom OneLibertyPlaza,20thFloor,NewYork,NY10006,USA 477WilliamstownRoad,PortMelbourne,VIC3207,Australia 314-321,3rdFloor,Plot3,SplendorForum,JasolaDistrictCentre, NewDelhi–110025,India 79AnsonRoad,#06–04/06,Singapore079906 CambridgeUniversityPressispartoftheUniversityofCambridge. ItfurtherstheUniversity’smissionbydisseminatingknowledgeinthepursuitof education,learning,andresearchatthehighestinternationallevelsofexcellence. www.cambridge.org Informationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9781107190948 DOI:10.1017/9781108120418 ©FredL.Bookstein2018 Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexception andtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements, noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewritten permissionofCambridgeUniversityPress. Firstpublished2018 PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmericabySheridanBooks,Inc. AcataloguerecordforthispublicationisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary. LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Names:Bookstein,FredL.,1947–author. Title:Acourseinmorphometricsforbiologists:GeometryandStatisticsforStudies ofOrganismalForm/FredL.Bookstein,UniversityofWashington,Seattle. Description:Cambridge,UnitedKingdom;NewYork,NY: CambridgeUniversityPress,2018.|Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. Identifiers:LCCN2018012338|ISBN9781107190948(hardback:alk.paper) Subjects:LCSH:Morphology–Statisticalmethods.|Morphology–Mathematics.| Organisms–Size–Measurement. Classification:LCCQH351.B642018|DDC571.3–dc23 LCrecordavailableathttps://lccn.loc.gov/2018012338 ISBN978-1-107-19094-8Hardback CambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceoraccuracy ofURLsforexternalorthird-partyinternetwebsitesreferredtointhispublication anddoesnotguaranteethatanycontentonsuchwebsitesis,orwillremain, accurateorappropriate. Epigraphs When you cannot express it in numbers, your knowledge is of a meagreandunsatisfactorykind. SirWilliamThompson,LordKelvin, asquotedinKuhn,1961 The most notable achievement of modern science ... so far as its influenceonintellectualcultureisconcerned,isthechangethatithas broughtaboutinthestandardofreasoning,inprecisionofthoughtand graspoffundamentalnotions;thisithasaccomplishedbycreatinga newtypeofrigorousthinking,moreaccurateandpenetratingthanthe argumentationofanearlierage. EdmundWhittaker,1948 Ah,thenuancedinterplaybetweennarrativeandnumber. JohnAllenPaulos,2015 A large acquaintance with particulars often makes us wiser than the possessionofabstractformulas,howeverdeep. WilliamJames,1902(Preface) Dedication Asever,IamblessedbythegenerositywithwhichmywifeEdeandmy daughtersVictoriaBooksteinandAmeliaBooksteinKyazzegrantedmethe solitudeneededtoconstructtheargumentshere,andrevisethetextand endlesslyredesignallthesupportingdiagrams,insteadofansweringtheir e-mails,admiringtheYouTubesofthegrandchildren,orparticipatinginthe citylifeofSeattle,Berkeley,orLondon.TothesethreeBooksteinwomen,my enduringgratitude,nowandforever.
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