Size and complexity among multicellular organisms

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 345-363

  Bell, Graham ^a   Mooers, Arne O ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allometry; Complexity; Development; Differentiation; Division of labour; Economic biology; Evolution; Histology

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030874420     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bijl.1996.0108     Document Type: Article

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