SHAPE DISTANCES IN GENERAL LINEAR MODELS: ARE THEY REALLY AT ODDS WITH THE GOALS OF MORPHOMETRICS? A REPLY TO KLINGENBERG

LEANDRO R. MONTEIRO,1 JosE A. F. DINIZ-FILHO,2 SERGIO F. DOS REIS,3 AND EDILSON D. ARAUJO4 1Laborato'rio de Ciencias Ambientais, Centro de Biociencias e Biotecnologia, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense, Avenida Alberto Lamego 2000, Parque California, Campos dos Goytacazes, 28013-600, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil E-mail: lrmont@uenfbr 2Departamento de Biologia Geral, Instituto de Ciencias Biol6gicas, Universidade Federal de Goias, cp 131, 74001-970, Goidnia, Goids, Brasil E-mail: diniz@ icbl.ufg.br 3Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, 13083-970, Sao Paulo, Brasil E-mail: sfreis@unicamp.br 4Universidade Tiradentes, Campus II, Instituto de Tecnologia e Pesquisa, GPCA, Avenida Murilo Dantas, 300, 49032-490, Aracaju, Sergipe, Brasil E-mail: edaraujo @yahoo. com. br

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