the study of the relative growth of a part of an organism in relation to the growth of the whole.
the measurement or study of of the changing proportions of the parts of an organism as its overall size changes; "allometric growth" refers to differing growth rates of different features of an organism during development.
The study of the changing proportions of the parts of an organism as size changes, either in individual growth (ontogenetic) or comparing related organisms of different sizes (phylogenetic).
Study of size and how it changes with growth of an organism in various dimensions.
The relationship between size and shape in an organism or object. In heterochrony, if a particular structure increases in size relative to the whole organism during ontogeny, then the growth is said to show positive allometry; if it decreases in relative size, then it shows negative allometry. Increasing/decreasing the degree of allometry is called peramorphosis/ paedomorphosis.
A disproportionate relationship between size of a body part and size of the whole body.
(Paleoanthropology) Body size estimation. (narrow allometry looks at just one character)
The relation between the size of an organism and the size of any of its parts. For example, an allometric relation exists between brain size and body size, such that (in this case) animals with bigger bodies tend to have bigger brains. Allometric relations can be studied during the growth of a single organism, between different organisms within a species, or between organisms in different species.
change in a measurable aspect of an organism (such as shape) with increase or decrease in size.
Allometry is the science studying the differential growth rates of the parts of a living organism's body part or process. This can be especially dramatic in various insect species (e.g., the Hercules Beetle), where a small change in overall body size can lead to an enormous and disproportionate increase in the dimensions of appendages such as legs, antennae, or horns.