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Darwin and Huxley revisited: the origin of allometry
The relative sizes of parts of an organism frequently depend on the absolute size of the individual, a relationship that is generally described by power laws. I show here that these power laws are a consequence of the way evolution operates.
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BioMed Central
2009
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2687774/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19291253 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/jbiol119 |
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| author | Stevens, Charles F |
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| description | The relative sizes of parts of an organism frequently depend on the absolute size of the individual, a relationship that is generally described by power laws. I show here that these power laws are a consequence of the way evolution operates. |
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| spelling | pubmed-26877742009-08-23 Darwin and Huxley revisited: the origin of allometry Stevens, Charles F J Biol Opinion The relative sizes of parts of an organism frequently depend on the absolute size of the individual, a relationship that is generally described by power laws. I show here that these power laws are a consequence of the way evolution operates. BioMed Central 2009 2009-02-23 /pmc/articles/PMC2687774/ /pubmed/19291253 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/jbiol119 Text en Copyright © 2009 BioMed Central Ltd |
| spellingShingle | Opinion Stevens, Charles F Darwin and Huxley revisited: the origin of allometry |
| title | Darwin and Huxley revisited: the origin of allometry |
| title_full | Darwin and Huxley revisited: the origin of allometry |
| title_fullStr | Darwin and Huxley revisited: the origin of allometry |
| title_full_unstemmed | Darwin and Huxley revisited: the origin of allometry |
| title_short | Darwin and Huxley revisited: the origin of allometry |
| title_sort | darwin and huxley revisited: the origin of allometry |
| topic | Opinion |
| url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2687774/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19291253 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/jbiol119 |
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