%0 Journal Article
%T Geometric Morphometry and Archaeobotany: Characterisation of Grape Seeds (<i>Vitis vinifera</i> L.) by Analysis of Form
%A Claudio Milanesi
%A Lorenzo Costantini
%A Marco Firmati
%A Francesca Antonucci
%A Claudia Faleri
%A Ariano Buracchi
%A Mauro Cresti
%J Open Access Library Journal
%V 1
%N 3
%P 1-6
%@ 2333-9721
%D 2014
%I Open Access Library
%R 10.4236/oalib.1100634
%X The external profile of seeds is a good
phenotypic descriptor, indicative of the origin and diffusion of grape vines (<i>Vitis vinifera</i> L.) over the centuries. Archaeological
seeds conserved in an anaerobic environment after discovery were compared with
modern seeds, belonging to eleven autochthonous cultivars, sampled in Tuscan
vineyards. To study seed profiles we used geometric morphometric analysis
(elliptical Fourier analysis) combined with multivariate statistical methods. When
the values obtained were entered in a database, they produced a cladogram based
on Euclidean distances between varieties of archaeological and modern vines,
showing that seeds belonging to the same group had phenotypic affinities.
%K Archaeobotany
%K Grape Seeds
%K Elliptic Fourier Analysis
%K Etruscan
%K Viticulture History
%U http://www.oalib.com/paper/3089908