Updated Methods for Seed Shape Analysis

Figure 2

The image represents a seed of Magnolia sp. (a) and the ellipse (c). Shared regions are represented in (b) and the total (shared plus nonshared) in (d). index is the ratio between shared regions and the total: , where C represents the common region and D the regions not shared. Scale bar represents 0.5 cm.

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