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Geographic variation in the grey mullet: a geometric morphometric analysis using partial warp scores
Author(s) -
Corti M.,
Crosetti D.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal of fish biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1095-8649
pISSN - 0022-1112
DOI - 10.1111/j.1095-8649.1996.tb01117.x
Subject(s) - biology , mugil , geographic variation , morphometrics , multivariate statistics , mullet , zoology , principal component analysis , phylogenetic tree , morphological analysis , variation (astronomy) , fishery , statistics , fish <actinopterygii> , genetics , demography , mathematics , population , physics , artificial intelligence , sociology , gene , computer science , astrophysics
Multivariate examination of partial warps allowed the description of shape differences characterizing each of 10 populations of Mugil cephalus . Patterns of morphometric distances (overall, uniform and non‐uniform) among samples suggested that morphometry in part reflected the geographic origin of the samples. However, comparisons with allozymes and mtDNA provided no exhaustive evidence for a pure phylogenetic cause for the observed patterns of geographic Variation.