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The terrestrial evolution of metabolism and life – by the numbers

BACKGROUND: Allometric scaling relating body mass to metabolic rate by an exponent of the former (Kleiber's Law), commonly known as quarter-power scaling (QPS), is controversial for claims made on its behalf, especially that of its universality for all life. As originally formulated, Kleiber wa...

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Autor principal: O'Kelly, Gregory C
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2751747/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19712477
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-4682-6-17