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Identifying geographically differentiated features of Ethopian Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) morphology with machine learning.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2021
Wöber Wilfried, Curto Manuel, Tibihika Papius, Meulenbroek Paul, Alemayehu Esayas, Mehnen Lars, Meimberg Harald, Sykacek Peter
Abstract excerpt
Visual characteristics are among the most important features for characterizing the phenotype of biological organisms. Color and geometric properties define population phenotype and allow assessing diversity and adaptation to environmental conditions. To analyze geometric properties classical morphometrics relies on biologically relevant landmarks which are manually assigned to digital images. Assigning landmarks...
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