Morphotree

Simulation results can also be presented on a theoretical morphospace tree (morphotree). The figure shows such a morphotree, which gives just a single example of an unlimited number of morphotrees. In order to construct such a tree, we simulate a basic shell form defined by any combination of selected parameters. This form is placed in the centre from which other dimensions (branches) spread out. Then this original form can be modified along any dimension, presenting the succeeding morphologies on the same line depicting changing, i.e. increasing or decreasing, parameters. In order to keep the morphotree simple, just a single parameter is changed along the same line. The same procedure can be applied to other parameters/dimensions represented by additional lines spreading out from the centre (cited after Tyszka 2006).