Capturing and analyzing pattern diversity: an example using the melanistic spotted patterns of leopard geckos

Animal color patterns are widely studied in ecology, evolution, and through mathematical modeling. Patterns may vary among distinct body parts such as the head, trunk or tail. As large amounts of photographic data is becoming more easily available, there is a growing need for general quantitative me...

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Main Authors: Tilmann Glimm, Maria Kiskowski, Nickolas Moreno, Ylenia Chiari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2021-09-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/11829.pdf