The Relevance of Time in Biological Scaling
Various phenotypic traits relate to the size of a living system in regular but often disproportionate (allometric) ways. These “biological scaling” relationships have been studied by biologists for over a century, but their causes remain hotly debated. Here, I focus on the patterns and possible caus...
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Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2023-08-01
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Series: | Biology |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/12/8/1084 |