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Brain Size Allometry Ontogeny and Phylogeny

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Size and Scaling in Primate Biology

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Abstract

Interspecific allometric analysis rests upon the assumption that individual characteristics typically change in a regular, predictable fashion with body size according to some recognizable scaling principle, unless special adaptation has led to fundamental reorganization identifiable as a grade shift (see Martin, 1980).

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Martin, R.D., Harvey, P.H. (1985). Brain Size Allometry Ontogeny and Phylogeny. In: Jungers, W.L. (eds) Size and Scaling in Primate Biology. Advances in Primatology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-3647-9_8

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