Scaling of number, size, and metabolic rate of cells with body size in mammals

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 104, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 4718-4723

  Savage, Van M ^a,b,c,d   Allen, Andrew P ^e   Brown, James H ^c,f   Gillooly, James F ^g   Herman, Alexander B ^c,d   Woodruff, William H ^c,d   West, Geoffrey B ^c,d  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^g University of Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Body mass; Cell number; Cell size; Cell types

Indexed keywords

ADIPOCYTE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CAPILLARY DENSITY; CELL COUNT; CELL DIVISION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL TYPE; CELL VOLUME; EPITHELIUM CELL; ERYTHROCYTE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FIBROBLAST; LIVER CELL; MAMMAL; METABOLIC RATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY WEIGHT; CELL SIZE; CYTOLOGY; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

MAMMALIA;

ADIPOCYTES; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CELL SIZE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; MAMMALS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEURONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34248364404     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0611235104     Document Type: Article

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