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Table 1 Summary of IO5 condensation ablation experiment shape analysis and principal component analysis results for the elliptical Fourier descriptors of adult element contour shape

From: Perturbing the developing skull: using laser ablation to investigate the robustness of the infraorbital bones in zebrafish (Danio rerio)

  

PC axis

  

PC1

PC2

PC3

PC4

IO4 shape analysis

Eigenvalue*

11.8

1.98

1.48

0.63

Proportion variance (%)

68.64

11.54

8.63

3.66

Cumulative variance (%)

68.64

80.19

88.82

92.48

Shape described

Flat-wing size

Element width

Flat-wing ventral edge

Flat-wing dorsal edge

IO5 shape analysis

Eigenvalue*

8.56

4.98

3.28

2.83

Proportion variance (%)

37.42

21.75

14.32

12.37

Cumulative variance (%)

37.42

59.18

73.50

85.87

Shape described

Element width

Flat-wing size

Canal bend

Ventral edge shape

  1. *Read eigenvalue as χ x 10-3.
  2. Eigenvalues, proportion of variances, and shape character described for PC1-4 for adult IO4 and IO5 elements of ablation, control, and control-side adult specimens.
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BMC Developmental Biology

ISSN: 1471-213X

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