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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of the measured morphological variables according to the four groups of samples

From: Quantitative morphological analysis of 2D images of complex-shaped branching biological growth forms: the example of branching thalli of liverworts

Morphological variable

Mean ± SD

R. amazonica_AF

N = 37

R. amazonica _SA

N = 26

R. compacta

N = 25

R. obtusa

N = 50

Junction thickness

0.4 ± 0.09

0.49 ± 0.14

0.31 ± 0.05

0.67 ± 0.06

Branch thickness

0.28 ± 0.07

0.34 ± 0.08

0.22 ± 0.04

0.45 ± 0.11

Terminal thickness

0.18 ± 0.05

0.22 ± 0.07

0.15 ± 0.03

0.29 ± 0.07

Branch length

1.03 ± 0.25

1.31 ± 0.35

1.47 ± 0.46

1.28 ± 0.28

Branch spacing

0.99 ± 0.31

1.33 ± 0.3

1.33 ± 0.43

1.18 ± 0.31

Branch angle

119.02 ± 15.94

118.88 ± 18.02

128.19 ± 14.74

112.69 ± 14.74

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BMC Research Notes

ISSN: 1756-0500

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