What is allometry?
Q: What is allometry?
A: Allometry is the study of the relationship of body size to shape, and refers to the rate of growth of one part of the body compared to other parts.
Q: How do most allometric relationships change as a body grows?
A: In most cases, the relative size of body parts changes as the body grows.
Q: What are some examples of adaptive allometric relationships?
A: Organs which depend on their surface area (such as the intestine) grow faster as the body weight increases.
Q: Who first outlined allometry?
A: Allometry was first outlined by Otto Snell in 1892, D'Arcy Thompson in 1917, and Julian Huxley in 1932.
Q: How is a relationship between two measured quantities often expressed?
A: The relationship between two measured quantities is often expressed as a power law or logarithmic form.
Q: What does "a" represent in this equation? y = kx^a + logk A: In this equation, "a" represents the scaling exponent of the law.
