Morphometrics For The Life Sciences

The idea of form is one of the most fundamental concepts underlying all of the sciences. Our visual system is so well-developed that we are able to classify and compare visual images effortlessly. What is not so well-developed is our ability to measure this visual information. This study examines a number of approaches in use at time of publication to characterize the biological form numerically. It presents an overview of these methods, starting with a review of measurement set in a historical framework. The book should be of interest to graduate students in addition to a wide range of researchers, including those in the specialized fields of human biology, growth and development, orthodontics, botany, biology, ecology, zoology, as well as dentistry and medicine.

Product details

• Authors: Pete E Lestrel, Pete E. Lestrel, Pete E Lestrel
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.08.2000
• EAN: 9789810236106
• ISBN: 978-981-02-3610-6
• Series: Recent Advances in Human Biolo; Recent Advances In Human Biology
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > General, dictionaries; Humanbiologie, Molekularbiologie, Zellbiologie (Zytologie), SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology, MATHEMATICS / Applied, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Molecular Biology, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Cell Biology, molecular biology, Human biology, Cellular biology (cytology), Applied mathematics