Beyond biometry, holistic views of biological structure / by Charles E. Oxnard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Oxnard, Charles E., 1933-

Contributor:

University of Hong Kong.

Series:

Occasional papers' series (Hong Kong University Press) ; no. 1.

Occasional papers' series (Hong Kong University Press) ; no. 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Morphology (Animals).

Biometry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (57 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, 1981.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The work described in this paper was carried out in the University of Birmingham, U.K., Chicago, and Southern California, U.S.A., during the years 1954-80. It has been supported by numerous NSF and NIH grants during those years. It is currently supported by NSF grant DEB 24366 and by funds from the University of Southern California.

Contents:

1. Structure: From visual appreciation to measurement

2. Complexities of structure: The shapes of groups

3. Complexities of structure: Interfaces between groups

4. Examples from anatomy: Shoulders and monkeys

5. Structure: From measurement to field view

6. Field view: Optical data analysis

7. Again, examples from anatomy: vertebrae and apes

8. Conclusion.

Notes:

"Second S.T. Huang-Chan Memorial Lecture 10th., November, 1980. Department of Anatomy, University of Hong Kong."

Includes bibliography: p. [45]-47.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-282-70545-8

9786612705458

988-220-039-7

OCLC:

650994658