Concurrent growth of phenotypic features: A phenomenological universalities approach

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 264, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 123-129

  Barberis, L ^a   Condat, C A ^a,b   Gliozzi, A S ^c   Delsanto, P P ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

^c POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Allometry; Gompertz; Growth; Ontogenesis; Phenomenological universalities; Phenotypes

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; NICHE; PHENOTYPE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ALLOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EUCALYPTUS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOMENOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL SUMMATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ARM; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EUCALYPTUS; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHENOTYPE; PLANTS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77649231874     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2009.12.024     Document Type: Article

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