Definition:
Morphometrics - any quantitative measurements and analysis of morphological characters
Geometric Morphometrics - the quantitative and analysis of morphological shape using geometric coordinates intead of measurements
Advantages of geometric
1. Result presented visually as 'shape' rather than tables of numbers
2. Data easily collected from digital photographs
3. Size is mathematically removed from the analysis to focus on pure shape
Disadvantages of geometric
1. Size is completely absent from analysis, where sometime size may be biologically relevant
2. ONLY single rigid structure can be easily analysed
Example of geometric: Finger prints
Software: MorphoJ + tpsDIG software
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