Visualizing patterns of craniofacial shape variation in Homo sapiens Export

@article{citeulike:2618355, abstract = {The geometric morphometric analysis of shape variation in complex biological structures such as the human skull poses a number of specific challenges: the registration of homologous morphologies, the treatment of bilateral symmetry, the graphical representation of form variability in three dimensions and the interpretation of the results in terms of differential growth processes. To visualize complex patterns of shape change, we propose an alternative to classical Cartesian deformation grids in the style of D'Arcy W. Thompson. Reference to the surface structures of the organism under investigation permits a comprehensive visual grasp of shape change and its tentative interpretation in terms of differential growth. The application of this method to the analysis of human craniofacial shape variation reveals distinct modes of growth and development of the neurocranial and viscerocranial regions of the skull. Our data further indicate that variations in the orientation of the viscerocranium relative to the neurocranium impinge on the shapes of the face and the cranial vault.}, author = {Zollikofer, Christoph P. and Ponce and {́}}, citeulike-article-id = {2618355}, comment = {Supplemental PDF at: http://journals.royalsociety.org/content/g6pmxlrrg515cdye/archive1.pdf}, journal = {Proccedings of the Royal Society}, keywords = {allometry, cranial, development, geometric, growth, homo, morphometrics, sapiens, symmetry}, month = {April}, pages = {801--807}, posted-at = {2008-04-01 03:30:35}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Royal Society Publishing}, title = {Visualizing patterns of craniofacial shape variation in Homo sapiens}, volume = {269}, year = {2002} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2618355 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2618355 N2 - The geometric morphometric analysis of shape variation in complex biological structures such as the human skull poses a number of specific challenges: the registration of homologous morphologies, the treatment of bilateral symmetry, the graphical representation of form variability in three dimensions and the interpretation of the results in terms of differential growth processes. To visualize complex patterns of shape change, we propose an alternative to classical Cartesian deformation grids in the style of D'Arcy W. Thompson. Reference to the surface structures of the organism under investigation permits a comprehensive visual grasp of shape change and its tentative interpretation in terms of differential growth. The application of this method to the analysis of human craniofacial shape variation reveals distinct modes of growth and development of the neurocranial and viscerocranial regions of the skull. Our data further indicate that variations in the orientation of the viscerocranium relative to the neurocranium impinge on the shapes of the face and the cranial vault. JF - Proccedings of the Royal Society EP - 807 TI - Visualizing patterns of craniofacial shape variation in Homo sapiens PB - Royal Society Publishing VL - 269 SP - 801 KW - allometry KW - cranial KW - development KW - geometric KW - growth KW - homo KW - morphometrics KW - sapiens KW - symmetry N1 - Supplemental PDF at: http://journals.royalsociety.org/content/g6pmxlrrg515cdye/archive1.pdf AU - Zollikofer, Christoph AU - Ponce PY - 2002/04// ER -