Definition of "allometry" []

• The study of the change in proportion of various parts of an organism as a consequence of growth. (noun)

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• "In this study, I compare patterns of intracranial allometry and morphologic diversity between the domestic dog and wild canid species."
• "Ontogenetic allometry in the fang in the front-fanged Causus rhombeatus Viperidae displaces the fang along the upper jaw."
• "Temperature-mediated transitions between isometry and allometry in a colonial, modular invertebarte."