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The fractal geometry of nutrient exchange surfaces does not provide an explanation for 3/4-power metabolic scaling
BACKGROUND: A prominent theoretical explanation for 3/4-power allometric scaling of metabolism proposes that the nutrient exchange surface of capillaries has properties of a space-filling fractal. The theory assumes that nutrient exchange surface area has a fractal dimension equal to or greater than...
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BioMed Central
2005
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1226149/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16095536 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-4682-2-30 |