
"Morphometrics has only recently begun to consider the invariance principle and its implications for the study of biological forms. An Invariant Approach to the Statistical Analysis of Shapes develops a methodology that addresses the importance of scientific relevance, biological...

Natural scientists perceive and classify organisms primarily on the basis of their appearance and structure- their form, defined as that characteristic remaining invariant after translation, rotation, and possibly reflection of the object. The quantitative study of form and form...