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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The work described in this paper was carried out in the Universities of Birmingham, U.K., Chicago , an d Souther n California , U.S.A. , durin g the years 1954-80 . It ha s been supported by numerous NSF and NIH grants during those years. It is currently supported b y NSF grant DE B 2436 6 and b y funds fro m th e Universit y o f Souther n California. I remain indebted to Professor J. C. Davis who first introduced me to optical data analysis an d t o Dr . H . C . Yan g wh o worke d wit h m e o n th e mos t recen t studie s involving vertebral radiographs . I am especially gratefu l fo r th e collaboration wit h Professor F . P. Lisowski , an d the connection wit h the Departmen t o f Anatomy, Universit y o f Hong Kong . The stimulus to all of my studies in quantitative biolog y continues to spring fro m Lord Zuckerma n wh o firs t introduce d m e t o biometric s durin g my perio d a s a n undergraduate researc h student in his department a t the University of Birmingham, U.K. ...

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