ASAS-NANP SYMPOSIUM: Applications of machine learning for livestock body weight prediction from digital images     

Zhuoyi Wang  Saeed Shadpour  Esther Chan  Vanessa Rotondo  Katharine M Wood  Dan Tulpan 《Journal of animal science》2021,99(2)

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头骨形态指标鉴别水貂来源有效性的评估     

牟鑫  祁永来  华彦  杨淑慧  Philip STOTT  刘振生  徐艳春 《野生动物学报》2021,(2):363-375

人工驯养野生动物是获取野生动物产品的重要手段,但是非法盗猎的野生动物产品以人工饲养的名义进入市场,就会对野生动物的保护形成挑战。因此,准确鉴别市场上的动物产品是来自养殖场还是野外,是保护野外种群,维持养殖业正常秩序的关键。本研究以北美水貂(Neovison vison)为例,基于颧骨内侧空间(ZAS)、颧宽(ZAA和ZBA)、颅基长(BSL)、下颌长(MDL)、眶后收缩(POC)和最大面部宽度(GFB)等量度,建立了9个头骨形态计量学指标:POC/GFB、POC/BSL、POC/MDL、ZAS SQRT/BSL、ZA SSQRT/MDL、ZBA×BSL/2ZAS、ZBA×MDL/2ZAS、ZBB×BSL/2ZAS和ZBB×MDL/2ZAS。野生组(n=32,9雄23雌)和饲养组(n=45,35雄10雌)的比较表明,除POC/GFB外,所有指标对于在两组样品之间均有显著差异,整体判别正确率为73.2%—85.5%。在性别已知的情况下,雄性的整体正确率为82.4%—93.8%,雌性为41.7%—85.7%。为此,应针对不同性别、不同来源的动物建立相应的参考数据,利用似然比进行鉴别。本研究的结果不仅可用于北美水貂的鉴别,也为其他小型食肉动物的鉴别提供经验。  相似文献   

Skull size and shape variation in Psammomys spp. (Rodentia,Gerbillinae) from Tunisia,with emphasis on the impact of allometric variation on species recognition     

Hanene Khemiri  Paolo Colangelo  M’barek Chétoui  Saïd Nouira 《African Zoology》2016,51(3):145-152

In Tunisia both Psammomys obesus and P. vexillaris are found. These taxa have been the subject of taxonomic controversy for some time, due to variability in the classical morphological characters used for taxonomic recognition. In this study we investigated skull size and shape variation in the genus Psammomys by using geometric morphometrics to evaluate the extent of intra- and interspecific shape variation and explicitly tested for the impact of allometric shape variation on species discrimination. Eleven populations of the two species from 10 localities in Tunisia were studied. Statistical analyses of size and shape showed large size variation within P. obesus, but no shape differences were revealed among populations of this species. Interspecific analysis revealed that P. vexillaris had the smallest skull. Principal component analysis and Procrustes distances showed good discrimination between the two species after removal of the allometric component of shape variation. The results obtained show that allometric-related shape variation could mask discrimination between the two Psammomys species. This finding might explain the uncertainty in classification of these species in the past. The interspecific allometric-free phenotypic differences observed may be associated with adaptive processes linked to the different environmental and trophic preferences of the two species.  相似文献   

Unraveling the morphological patterns of a subantarctic eelpout: a geometric morphometric approach     

Fernanda S. ORREGO  Mathias HÜNE  Hugo A. BENÍTEZ  Mauricio F. LANDAETA 《Integrative zoology》2023,18(2):372-384

Phenotypic variation in organisms depends on the genotype and the environmental constraints of the habitat that they exploit. Therefore, for marine species inhabiting contrasting aquatic conditions, it is expected to find covariation between the shape and its spatial distribution. We studied the morphology of the head and cephalic sensory canals of the eelpout Austrolycus depressiceps (4.5–22.5 cm TL) across its latitudinal distribution in South Pacific (45°S–55°S). Geometric morphometric analyses show that the shape varied from individuals with larger snout and an extended suborbital canal to individuals with shorter snouts and frontally compressed suborbital canal. There was size variation across the sampled populations, but that size does not have a clear latitudinal gradient. Only 8% of the shape variation relates to this size variation (allometry), represented by a decrease in the relative size of the eye, and a depression of the posterior margin of the head. There were spatial differences in the shape of the head, but these differences were probably caused by allometric effects. Additionally, 2 of the canals of the cephalic lateralis pores and the head shape showed modularity in its development. This study shows that the morphology of marine fish with a shallow distribution varies across distances of hundreds of kilometers (i.e., phenotypic modulation).  相似文献   

Using morphometrics to identify sex in the eastern blue-tongued skink (Tiliqua scincoides)     

A Bird  D Monks  IP Hughes 《Australian veterinary journal》2023,101(7):282-290

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Body shape variation within and among three species of darters (Perciformes: Percidae)   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

J. M. Guill  C. S. Hood  D. C. Heins 《Ecology of Freshwater Fish》2003,12(2):134-140

Abstract –  Using geometric morphometric (GM) techniques, we quantified intra and interspecific variation in female body shape using five collections each of Etheostoma caeruleum Storer, Etheostoma nigrum Rafinesque, and Etheostoma stigmaeum (Jordan). Nested multivariate analysis of variance showed significant variation in body shape among populations (Wilks' Λ = 0.0687, F _144,7585.1 = 19.35, P  < 0.0001), as well as among species (Wilks' Λ = 8.7 × 10⁻⁶, F _24,2 = 28.18, P  = 0.0348). Etheostoma caeruleum displayed greater body depth relative to both E. nigrum and E. stigmaeum , whereas E. nigrum displayed a compressed arrangement of mid-body landmarks relative to both E. stigmaeum and E. caeruleum . The broader implications of these findings highlight the value of geometric morphometrics as both an exploratory and analytical approach. Conclusions drawn from comparisons among moderately differentiated darter species in future studies of body size and shape are likely robust to intraspecific variation within species, and will permit more rigorous investigations into the ecomorphology of these benthic stream fishes.  相似文献   

Size and shape analysis of Trioza erytreae Del Guercio (Hemiptera: Triozidae), vector of citrus huanglongbing disease     

Owusu F Aidoo  Chrysantus M Tanga  Thomson M Paris  Sandra A Allan  Samira A Mohamed  Fathiya M Khamis  Mamoudou Stamou  Christian Borgemeister  Sunday Ekesi 《Pest management science》2019,75(3):760-771

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4种鲌脑形态度量的比较研究     

张小谷  杨建远  田小雪  熊邦喜  王亮 《吉林农业大学学报》2008,30(6)

对鲌属翘嘴鲐（Culter albunms）、蒙古鲌C．mongolicus）、达氏鲌（C．dabryi）和原鲌属红鳍原鲌（Cultrichthys erythropterus）脑形态进行度量学及判别函数分析。结果表明：鲌属与原鲌属鱼类脑形态差异主要表现在小脑大小、嗅束长等,达氏鲌与翘嘴鲌、蒙古鲌脑形态差异主要表现在小脑及端脑大小。脑形态度量的聚类分析结果与依据表型性状进行的分类结果相一致,形态度量可作为对生态位相近的鱼类间的脑形态区分的一种有效方法。  相似文献   

云南伊洛瓦底江外来种麦穗鱼的形态差异分析   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

郑文佳  秦超彬  胡俊仪  祝亚楠  闫潇  杨峰  卢荣华  杨丽萍 《安徽农业大学学报》2017,44(2):248-253

对采自伊洛瓦底江水系和顺、猴桥、龙陵和盈江4个群体共120尾麦穗鱼标本进行11个常规性状和16个框架结构性状的测量,应用多变量形态度量学结合主成分分析和差异系数分析方法比较各群体间的形态差异。结果表明,4个群体间没有显著性差异。其中,主成分PC1、PC2和PC3贡献率分别为26.658%,15.281%和11.395%,累积贡献率为53.334%,在PC1、PC2散点图中,龙陵与猴桥群体部分分出。从27个性状变量中筛选出贡献较大的9个性状(P0.01)与体长的比值进行形态差异系数分析,发现龙陵与猴桥、和顺、盈江群体间差异系数均小于1.28,综上分析,伊洛瓦底江4个麦穗鱼地理群体形态差异不显著,这可能与引入时间较短、引入群体来源于同一种群有关。  相似文献   

Morphological variation in the short-tailed fruit bat (Carollia) in Ecuador,with comments on the practical and philosophical aspects of boundaries among species     

Pablo JARRÍN-V.  Cristina FLORES  Janeth SALCEDO 《Integrative zoology》2010,5(3):226-240

The mechanisms for the morphological delimitation of species in Carollia remain poorly understood. This is the first study to assess variation in size and shape from strictly geometric terms. Both factors are assessed by statistical perspectives of distribution, overlap and relative distances. Despite its overlap, the size of the skull seems to be the most influential character for the discrimination of species, with shape playing a much smaller role. The smallest species seems to be the most distinct in shape, not only in terms of distance among centroids in morphometric space, but also in the overall trend and direction of variation. Contrary to previous studies, sexual dimorphism is not given by size but by distinct shapes of the skull. Characters such as the shape of the maxilla, previously described qualitatively as discrete with sharp boundaries, appear to be truly continuous with fuzzy borders among species. Because morphometric space is a gamut of continuous variation and overlap, the taxonomic error rate for size characters seems to be substantial for the medium-sized species (Carollia brevicauda Schinz, 1821), with approximately 30–40% of individuals erroneously assigned to a different species after a jackknifed discriminant function. This taxonomic error is higher for shape characters. Morphological, systematic and ecological consequences of the observed patterns of shape and size variation are commented within the context of previously proposed arguments and hypotheses.  相似文献