In their #JEB100 Review, Stan Lindstedt & Hans Hoppeler discuss how body size alone imposes constraints on animal structure and function that transcend phylogeny & the lessons we can learn from studying the resulting patterns

https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/226/24/jeb245766/336568

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Allometry: revealing evolution's engineering principles

Summary: Body size alone imposes constraints on animal structure and function that critically transcend phylogeny. What lessons do they teach us?

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