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The allometry of leaf form in early plant ontogeny

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A general allometric model between metabolic rate and body size has been derived for early plant ontogeny. The scaling exponent is (2 + N/6)/3, where N is the cell’s degree of freedom of motion. For early plant ontogeny N = 2, our prediction agrees well with Sack et al.’s observation [Sack, L., Maranon, T., Grubb, P.J., 2002. Science 295, 1923].

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He, JH. The allometry of leaf form in early plant ontogeny. Bull. Math. Biol. 67, 1333–1337 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bulm.2005.02.005

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