a technique of taxonomic analysis using measurements of the form of organisms
2.
the evolutionary development of form in an organism or part of an organism
Derived forms
morphometric (ˌmorphoˈmetric)
adjective
Examples of 'morphometrics' in a sentence
morphometrics
Geometric morphometrics yielded improved species discrimination relative to traditional methods.
Daniela A Schmieder, Hugo A Benítez, Ivailo M Borissov, Carmelo Fruciano 2015, 'Bat Species Comparisons Based on External Morphology: A Test of Traditional versusGeometric Morphometric Approaches.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4428882?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
There were no differences in patient morphometrics or surgery indications between groups.
Heinrich Husslein, Martina Gutschi, Heinz Leipold, Christoph Herbst, Maximilian Franz,Christof Worda 2014, 'Suture Closure versus Non-Closure of Subcutaneous Fat and Cosmetic Outcome after CesareanSection: A Randomized Controlled Trial.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4262443?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Small intestine morphometrics was evaluated using histology slides of the duodenum and jejunum.
JRG Franco, AE Murakami, MRM Natali, ERM Garcia, AC Furlan 2006, 'Influence of delayed placement and dietary lysine levels on small intestine morphometricsand performance of broilers', Brazilian Journal of Poultry Sciencehttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-635X2006000400006. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Geometric morphometrics, however, revealed significant correlations between eye color and face shape.
Karel Kleisner, Lenka Priplatova, Peter Frost, Jaroslav Flegr 2013, 'Trustworthy-Looking Face Meets Brown Eyes', PLoS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0053285. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Geometric morphometrics offer effective methods to obtain information about shape and shape variability.
Claudia Wrozyna, Thomas A. Neubauer, Juliane Meyer, Werner E. Piller 2016, 'Shape Variation in Neotropical Cytheridella (Ostracoda) Using Semilandmarks-BasedGeometric Morphometrics: A Methodological Approach and Possible Biogeographical Implications',PLOS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0168438. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Additionally, geometric morphometrics divided intercastes into more discrete phenotype subsets.
Daiana A. De Souza, Ying Wang, Osman Kaftanoglu, David De Jong, Gro V. Amdam, LionelS. Gonçalves, Tiago M. Francoy 2015, 'Morphometric Identification of Queens, Workers and Intermediates in In Vitro RearedHoney Bees (Apis mellifera)', PLOS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0123663. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Morphological measurements were made with both traditional morphometric and geometricmorphometrics techniques.
Daiana A. De Souza, Ying Wang, Osman Kaftanoglu, David De Jong, Gro V. Amdam, LionelS. Gonçalves, Tiago M. Francoy 2015, 'Morphometric Identification of Queens, Workers and Intermediates in In Vitro RearedHoney Bees (Apis mellifera)', PLOS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0123663. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The morphometrics of hydrogels was assessed with scanning electron microscopy.
Rui Liang, Guoguang Yang, Kwang E. Kim, Antonio D'Amore, Aimee N. Pickering, CuilingZhang, Savio L-Y. Woo 2015, 'Positive effects of an extracellular matrix hydrogel on rat anterior cruciate ligamentfibroblast proliferation and collagen mRNA expression', Journal of Orthopaedic Translationhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214031X15000376. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
We then analyzed the data using several procedures including simple morphometrics and non-dimensional shape indices.
Jeremy P Harris 2015, 'Otolith morphometrics distinguish difficult species of rockfishes in the Gulf of Alaska',Frontiers in Marine Sciencehttp://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/conf.FMARS.2015.03.00213/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)