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Table 3 Altitudinal comparisons between hilltop and lowland using geometric morphometrics

From: Altitudinal population structure and microevolution of the malaria vector Anopheles cruzii (Diptera: Culicidae)

 

Month

Mahalanobis distance

Allometry (%)

Cross-validation (%)

Centroid size (mm)

Influential Landmark

QST

Hilltop X Lowland

Hilltop

Lowland

Hilltop

Lowland

Size

Shape

♀

JAN/2009

2.980

12.736*

54

63

1.623

1.591

#1 and #2

0.40

0.28

JAN/2012

2.818

3.799

54

53

1.519

1.455

#13 and #15

0.50

0.25

JUL/2012

2.542

6.548*

75

73

1.760*

1.710*

#1 and #2

0.87*

0.27

JAN/2013

8.112

5.359*

91

88

1.704*

1.640*

#3 and #15

0.92*

0.28

♂

JAN/2009

5.164

15.236*

59

61

1.629

1.593

#9 and #18

0.43

0.25

JAN/2012

2.329

3.462

63

56

1.594*

1.477*

#1 and #13

0.91*

0.27

JUL/2012

2.379

6.018*

69

72

1.752*

1.711*

#1 and #2

0.75

0.31

JAN/2013

10.579

7.935*

88

96

1.673*

1.629*

#2 and #13

0.70

0.22

  1. (*p < 0.01).