Description:
Cover -- Half-Title Page -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Part 1: General Issues -- 1 Introduction for a Tutorial on Diatom Morphology -- 1.1 Diatoms in Brief -- 1.2 Tools to Explore Diatom Frustule Morphology -- 1.3 Diatom Frustule 3D Reconstruction -- 1.3.1 Recommended Steps to Understand the Complex Diatom Morphology: A Guide for Beginners -- 1.4 Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 2 The Uncanny Symmetry of Some Diatoms and Not of Others: A Multi-Scale Morphological Characteristic and a Puzzle for Morphogenesis* -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.1.1 Recognition and Symmetry -- 2.1.2 Symmetry and Growth -- 2.1.3 Diatom Pattern Formation, Growth, and Symmetry -- 2.1.4 Diatoms and Uncanny Symmetry -- 2.1.5 Purpose of This Study -- 2.2 Methods -- 2.2.1 Centric Diatom Images Used for Analysis -- 2.2.2 Centric Diatoms, Morphology, and Valve Formation -- 2.2.3 Image Entropy and Symmetry Measurement -- 2.2.4 Image Preparation for Measurement -- 2.2.5 Image Tilt and Slant Measurement Correction for Entropy Values -- 2.2.6 Symmetry Analysis -- 2.2.7 Entropy, Symmetry, and Stability -- 2.2.8 Randomness and Instability -- 2.3 Results -- 2.3.1 Symmetry Analysis -- 2.3.2 Valve Formation-Stability and Instability Analyses -- 2.4 Discussion -- 2.4.1 Symmetry and Scale in Diatoms -- 2.4.2 Valve Formation and Stability -- 2.4.3 Symmetry, Stability and Diatom Morphogenesis -- 2.4.4 Future Research-Symmetry, Stability and Directionality in Diatom Morphogenesis -- References -- 3 On the Size Sequence of Diatoms in Clonal Chains -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Mathematical Analysis of t he Size Sequence -- 3.2.1 Alternative Method for Calculating the Size Sequence -- 3.2.2 Self-Similarity and Fractal Structure -- 3.2.3 Matching Fragments to a Generation Based on Known SizeIndices of the Fragment.