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Table 3 Summary of juvenile neuromast 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

IO3 shape analysis

Eigenvalue*

5.2

2.17

0.41

0.1

Proportion variance (%)

44.52

38.64

7.40

3.44

Cumulative variance (%)

44.52

83.16

90.57

94.01

Shape described

Taper direction

Dorsoventral depth

Dosral-edge curve

Flat-wing size

IO5 shape analysis

Eigenvalue*

11.74

8.37

4.92

1.07

Proportion variance (%)

40.83

29.01

17.13

3.71

Cumulative variance (%)

40.83

69.84

86.96

90.68

Shape described

Canal bend

Dorsal-edge shape

Flat-wing size

Flat-wing dorsal edge

  1. *Read eigenvalue as χ x 10-3.
  2. Eigenvalues, proportion of variances, and shape character described for PC1-4 for the IO3 elements of IO3 juvenile ablation experiment control, and control-side adult specimens as well as for the IO5 elements of IO5 juvenile ablation experiment control, and control-side adult specimens.
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BMC Developmental Biology

ISSN: 1471-213X

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