highly significantp < 0.0001
Directional asymmetry was large and statistically highly significant (p < 0.0001) for both shape (F above 55) and size (F above 92), prompting us to analyze separately the right valve (RV) and the left valve (LV).
Directional asymmetry was large and statistically highly significant (p < 0.0001) for both shape (F above 55) and size (F above 92), prompting us to analyze separately the right valve (RV) and the left valve (LV).
Total allometry (calculated as a linear regression of Procrustes coordinates onto log transformed centroid size (CS)) in the RV species-averages dataset was significant (p = 0.0011) and accounted for almost 14% of total variability; while the evolutionary allometry (calculated as a regression of independent contrasts of shape onto independent contrasts of log transformed CS) was around 10% and was barely significant (p = 0.047).