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Definition of allometry in English: allometrynoun əˈlɒmɪtriəˈlämətrē mass nounBiology 1The growth of body parts at different rates, resulting in a change of body proportions. 〔生〕异速生长 Example sentencesExamples - Leaf morphology has been quantified and treated mathematically in various contexts, including taxonomy, differential growth and allometry, leaf area estimation and the branching and development of veins.
- Within a defined population, one may expect to find continuous character variation; thus, the adult variability is mainly dependent on allometry occurring at different moments during individual growth.
- Previous empirical studies have neglected this allometry effect when investigating the relationship between the ratio of male size to female size and the size of females, for example in reptiles, birds, or mammals.
- The positive allometry in both groups suggests that larger species loaded their jaws more heavily, because deeper jaws are much stronger in resisting loads applied dorsoventrally, as during jaw closure.
- Fortunately, recent studies of the allometry of teeth, jaws, and skulls of mammalian carnivores allow for some direct comparison of scaling relationships between mammalian and dinosaurian predators.
- 1.1 The study of allometry.
Example sentencesExamples - He is thus considered to have founded the study of allometry.
- Steve jumped at the chance to write a paper for Biological Reviews on allometry.
Derivativesadjective Biology Substantial differences in, for example, cranidial width and the length and shape of the cranidial border, are generated by variation in the rates of allometric change during ontogeny. Example sentencesExamples - Based on these allometric regressions, it appears that the total cost of transport for many swimming mammals is significantly higher than predicted for fish of comparable body mass.
- The new allometric equations presented by the authors advance our understanding of seabird energetics in important ways and enhance our ability to predict energetics and conductance.
- The presence of an allometric relationship between brain and body mass is widely recognized in the literature, although the nature of this relationship may vary considerably between taxa.
- The greater return rate in ponds with small zooplankton is likely to be due to allometric differences between large-bodied and small-bodied grazers.
Definition of allometry in US English: allometrynounəˈlämətrē Biology 1The growth of body parts at different rates, resulting in a change of body proportions. 〔生〕异速生长 Example sentencesExamples - Previous empirical studies have neglected this allometry effect when investigating the relationship between the ratio of male size to female size and the size of females, for example in reptiles, birds, or mammals.
- Fortunately, recent studies of the allometry of teeth, jaws, and skulls of mammalian carnivores allow for some direct comparison of scaling relationships between mammalian and dinosaurian predators.
- The positive allometry in both groups suggests that larger species loaded their jaws more heavily, because deeper jaws are much stronger in resisting loads applied dorsoventrally, as during jaw closure.
- Within a defined population, one may expect to find continuous character variation; thus, the adult variability is mainly dependent on allometry occurring at different moments during individual growth.
- Leaf morphology has been quantified and treated mathematically in various contexts, including taxonomy, differential growth and allometry, leaf area estimation and the branching and development of veins.
- 1.1 The study of allometry.
Example sentencesExamples - He is thus considered to have founded the study of allometry.
- Steve jumped at the chance to write a paper for Biological Reviews on allometry.
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