A brief review of shape, form, and allometry in geometric morphometrics, with applications to human facial morphology
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Department of Theoretical Biology, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, A-1090 Vienna, Austria Department of Human Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, D-04107 Leipzig, Germany Department of Anthropology, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, A-1090 Vienna, Austria Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research, Adolf Lorenz Gasse 2, A-3422, Altenberg, Austria
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