Eutacticity in sea urchin evolution
Quantitative Methods
2021-11-05 v1
Abstract
An eutactic star, in a n-dimensional space, is a set of N vectors which can be viewed as the projection of N orthogonal vectors in a N-dimensional space. By adequately associating a star of vectors to a particular sea urchin we propose that a measure of the eutacticity of the star constitutes a measure of the regularity of the sea urchin. Then we study changes of regularity (eutacticity) in a macroevolutive and taxonomic level of sea urchins belonging to the Echinoidea Class. An analysis considering changes through geological time suggests a high degree of regularity in the shape of these organisms through their evolution. Rare deviations from regularity measured in Holasteroida order are discussed.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0708.1256,
title = {Eutacticity in sea urchin evolution},
author = {J. López-Sauceda and J. L. Aragón},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0708.1256},
year = {2021}
}
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17 pages, 6 figures