Euclidean distance matrix analysis: A coordinate‐free approach for comparing biological shapes using landmark data

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 1991, Pages 415-427

  Lele, Subhash ^a   Richtsmeier, Joan T ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bootstrap; Cebus apella; Euclidean distance matrix; Form analysis; Morphometrics; Sexual dimorphism; Union intersection test

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; FEMALE; MALE; MONKEY; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ACROCEPHALOSYNDACTYLIA; ADOLESCENT; AGING; ANIMAL; CEBUS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL DYSOSTOSIS; FACIAL BONES; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SKULL; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0026050115     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.1330860307     Document Type: Article

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