Dependence of morphometric allometries on the growth kinetics of body parts

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 288, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 35-43

  Nijhout, H Frederik ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Exponential growth; Gompertz growth; Logistic growth

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BODY SIZE; GROWTH RATE; KINETICS; MORPHOMETRY; NUMERICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ALLOMETRY; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; BODY GROWTH; BODY REGIONS; BODY SIZE; EVOLUTIONARY RATE; GROWTH RATE; KINETICS; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALE UP; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIOMETRY; BODY SIZE; GROWTH; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SELECTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 80052088442     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2011.08.008     Document Type: Article

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