| 单词 | allometry |
| 释义 | allometry Biol.|æˈlɒmɪtrɪ|
[f. allo- + -metry.]
(See quot. 1936.) Hence alloˈmetric a., pertaining to or exhibiting allometry.
1936Huxley & Teissier in Nature 9 May 780/2 To denote growth of a part at a different rate from that of a body as a whole or of a standard, we propose the term allometry. Ibid., Positive and negative allometry denote respectively growth-rates of the part above and below that of the standard. 1938Nature 3 Sept. 437/2 Limbs must exhibit positive heterogony, or allometry..during fœtal development. 1940G. R. de Beer Embryos & Ancestors iv. 25 The relative growth-rates of the allometric organ and of the body remain constant during long periods. 1941,1949[see allomorphosis 2]. 1959Chambers's Encycl. I. 276/1 The huge claws of the adult lobster and the armament of the stag are thus evidently the outcome of a strongly positive allometric growth.
Add: alloˈmetrically adv.
1966Davis & Zangerl tr. Hennig's Phylogenetic Systematics ii. 100 In positive allometry, ‘the larger the body becomes, the larger does the allometrically growing organ become’. 1978Nature 10 Aug. 583/1 Differences between males are exaggerated by the horns, the length of which increases disproportionately (allometrically) with body length. 1992Amer. Jrnl. Physical Anthropol. LXXXVII. 206/2 In a sample of cercopithecids..the lengths of the major segments of the hindlimb and foot scale allometrically with body mass. |
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