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ArticleApplications in plant sciences2018

Shape outline extraction software (DiaOutline) for elliptic Fourier analysis application in morphometric studies.

Asher Wishkerman, Paul B Hamilton

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Asher WishkermanSchool of Marine Sciences Ruppin Academic Center Michmoret Israel.ORCID 0000-0002-2238-0409
Paul B HamiltonResearch and Collections Canadian Museum of Nature Ottawa Ontario K1P 6P4 Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-6938-6341

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premise of the studyStudies of plant cell and organ outline using shape analysis for taxonomic and morphological research have increased in the past decade. However, there are a limited number of available modern, intuitive, and easy software tools to conduct this work.

methodsWe developed a tool for shape outline extraction using MATLAB accompanied with R scripts to perform elliptic Fourier analysis. To demonstrate the shape tool, we applied the software and scripts for genera and species shape determinations of diatom (single cell) species with x-, y-, and x- + y-shape symmetries.

resultsUsing the shape analysis tool, we were able to identify and distinguish different diatom taxa based on forms representing size diminutions associated with population changes. DISCUSSION: Independent of symmetry, species were successfully distinguished using supervised and unsupervised analyses. We hope that these shape analysis tools will be used to add another metric to plant science studies.

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diatomelliptic Fourier analysislinear discriminant analysis (LDA)principal component analysis (PCA)shapespecies identifications

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