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Table 5 Discriminant function coefficients (a) and group means (b)

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

Morphological variable

Discriminant coefficients

Discriminant function 1

Discriminant function 2

Discriminant function 3

a

 Junction thickness

0.504

−0.196

1.128

 Branch thickness

0.756

0.046

−1.320

 Terminal thickness

0.086

0.079

0.163

 Branch length

−0.677

−0.777

1.072

 Branch spacing

−0.319

−0.246

−1.196

 Branch angle

−0.002

0.071

0.0249

Species

Group mean

Discriminant function 1

Discriminant function 2

Discriminant function 3

b

 R_amazonica_AF

−0.383

0.749

0.026

 R_amazonica_SA

−0.288

−0.229

−0.450

 R_compacta

−2.548

−0.433

0.200

 R_obtusa

1.708

−0.218

0.114

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BMC Research Notes

ISSN: 1756-0500

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