Open-access datasets collected by the Meta-Morphosis Project team.
Metamorphosis can have a high cost for animals since during the transition, an organism can become weaker and more vulnerable to predators. But there are benefits of metamorphosis that may outweigh the costs. Here we share the findings of our new study, published in Biology Open, investigating the impact of metamorphosis and size on the aquatic feeding kinematics of the Iberian ribbed newt.
In order to observe the precise morphology of the head bones, we use a micro-computed tomography (micro-CT scanner). This is a 3D imaging technique using x-rays to see inside an object, slice by slice. For our project, we need to…
CT scans are a treasure trove of morphological data, particularly for the skeletal system. In this post we share how we use open-source software to collect landmarks and semilandmarks from CT data.
Geometric morphometric data from 148 salamander species collected from high-resolution 3D scans.
Segmented crania of 40 individual Italian Fire Salamanders (Salamandra salamandra gigliolii), reconstructed from micro CT scans.
