Publication at Faculty of Science, First Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics |
2009
Abstract
Quantitative and qualitative variation in valve morphology in strains of Navicula cryptocephala and N. trivialis were examined using conventional valve measurements (length, width, striae density) and landmarkbased geometric morphometric method. The ability of morphometric techniques to distinguish individual strains on the basis of postinitial and/or sexually competent cells was assessed by multivariate analyses and permutation tests.
The data showed that each strain had unique valve characters, which were shared by both large postinitial and small sexually competent cells.