Biological Shape Analysis - Proceedings Of The 3rd International Symposium

by Pete E Lestrel (Editor)

Overview

The proceedings were designed to bring together researchers who share a common interest in the quantitative description of the biological form. Participants came from very diverse disciplines such as agricultural genetics, botany, entomology, forensics, human anatomy, paleontology, human evolution, primatology, dentistry, etc. The participants applied various methodological approaches that are being increasingly used to describe aspects of the biological form. These techniques include neural networks, Fourier descriptors, shape mapping, genome-wide association studies (GWAS), Riemann curves, surface mapping, etc. A number of the contributions in the proceedings represent state of the art research that reflects advances in that discipline.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789814704182
Publisher:	World Scientific Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date:	07/24/2015
Pages:	324
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.80(d)

Table of Contents

Preface vii

List of Symposium Participants xii

1 Keynote Address

Boundary Morphometries: Some Theoretical Issues and Some Data Based Applications Pete E. Lestrel 1

2 Botanical Studies

2.1 Leaf Structures

1 Leaf Identification Using Polar Fourier Transform and Linear Bayes Normal Classifier Abdul Kadir 40

2 Image Processing and Artificial Neural Networks for Automated Plant Species Identification from Leal Outlines Jonathan Y. Clark David P. A. Corney Scott Notley Paul Wilkin 50

2.2 Agricultural Crops

3 Towards Machine Vision Based Grain Classification: Challenges and Future Prospects Jitendra Paliwal Chyngyz Erkinbaev Hibru K. Mebatsion 65

3 Entomological Explorations

4 Sexual Differences in Distress Sounds in the West Indian Sweet Potato Weevil Euscepes postfasciatus Haruki Tatsuta Norikuni Kumano 79

5 Morphometric Analysis of Intraspecific Variation of the Elytral Shape Between the Wild- and Mass-reared Sweet Potato Weevil Cylas formicarius Norikuni Kumano Kaorj Tsuri Tetsuya Toyosato Harukt Tatsuta 90

4 Genomic Shape Considerations

6 Genome-wide Association Study of Biological Shape Based on Elliptic Fourier Analysis: A Case Study in Rice Grain Shape Variation Hiroyoshi Iwata Kaworu Ebana Yusaku Uga Takeshi Hayashi 106

7 Integration of Shape Mapping and Genome-wide Association Studies to Characterize Human Body Shape Genes Han Hao Lidan Sun Zhong Wang Rongling Wu 119

5 Zoological Inquiries

8 Evo-devo of Spiral Shell Growth in Gastropods Keisuke Shimizu Kazuyoshi Endo 130

9 Morphological Variation of Pelvic Skeletal Elements of Hadrosaurid Dinosaurs Quantified Using Riemannian Analysis of Elastic Curves Albert Prieto-Márquez Shantanu H. Joshi 138

10 The Direct Analysis of Digital Images (Eigenimage) with a Comment on the Use of Discriminant Analysis in Morphometries Norman MacLeod 156

6 Human Morphological Investigations

6.1 Facial Morphology

11 Robust Generalized Superimposition Methods: A Comparison Using 3D Facial Images Katleen Daniels Dirk Vandermeulen Paul Suetens Peter Claes 183

12 A PLS Regression Framework for Spatially-dense Geometric Morphometries to Analyze Effects on Shape and Shape Characteristics: Applied to the Study of Genomic Ancestry and Sex on Facial Morphology Peter Claes Katleen Daniels Dirk Vandermeulen Paul Suetens Mark D. Shriver 205

6.2 Cranial Structures in 3-D

13 A Study of the Mandible in 3D: It's Utility for Clinical Comparisons Reena Khullar Pete E. Lestrel Won Moon Charles A. Wolfe 216

14 Utilizing a Novel 3D Surface Mapping Technology to Evaluate Craniofacial Morphology Won Moon Ryan W. McComb Boris Gutman Reena Khullar Jay H. Sung 240

6.3 Whole Body Studies

15 A Quantitative Analysis of Whole Body Outlines: Fourier Descriptors Pete E. Lestrel Noriko Miyake Masami Ishihara Charles A. Wolfe Albert Boot 275

Index 301