Thirteen known species of Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) are recorded, including seven new records from Uttarakhand, India. Rhytidothorax aeriscutellum (Girault) is redescribed along with its morphometrics based on specimens Uttarakhand.

the geometric morphometrics method was applied to study the morphological differences in 95 specimens of kura barbel (barbus lacerta, heckel 1834) collected from three riverine ecosystems of the sefidrud basin, viz. taleghan, totkabon and kloraz rivers.  for this purpose, the left sides of the specimens were photographed. then, 14 landmark-points were defined and digitized on 2d pictures using ...

 Mahisefid, Rutilus frisii kutum , is a cyprinid fish which is distributed from Turkmenistan to Azerbaijan along the Caspian Sea. It is one of the economically important fish in the region. As part of the Iranian Fisheries Company’s policy to improve the stocks of this species, every year, fingerling of Mahisefid are released into the southern basin of the Caspian Sea. The main objective of thi...

This investigation was carried out for the determination of fish species living in Bandırma Bay (Sea of Marmara). Morphometric and meristic characters of of fishes caught by trawl and various nets in Bandırma Bay in the years of 1998-1999 were examined and some morphological, ecological properties, and local names of 34 determined species are given.

Knowledge about biological shape has important implications in biology and biomedicine, but the underlying genetic mechanisms for shape variation have not been well studied. Statistical models play a pivotal role in mapping specific quantitative trait loci (QTLs) that contribute to biological shape and its developmental trajectories. We describe and assess a statistical framework for shape gene...

Understanding the morphology of the scapula of Gorilla and Pan is crucial to scientists who find fossil ape scapulae and need to assign them to taxa and interpret the functional significance of their morphology. While differences between the shapes of Gorilla and Pan scapulae are known, a morphological link between locomotor patterns and scapular shape has yet to be determined. Using geometric ...