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HETERAUXESIS [2 records]

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Record 1 2011-06-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • Botany
  • Ecology (General)
DEF

... growth of a part at a different rate from that of a body as a whole or of a standard ...

OBS

May bring about disharmony, for example, disproportionate development of antlers and neck muscles of deer or moose.

OBS

heterauxesis(Bot.) : Growth at unequal rates, irregular or unsymmetrical growth; hence applied to animals as well as plants, with a more specialized meaning [see following quotation].

CONT

Heterauxesis, the relation of the growth-rate of a part of a developing organism(whether morphological or chemical) to the growth-rate of the whole or of another part; a comparison between organisms of the same group but of different ages and hence sizes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Botanique
  • Écologie (Généralités)
DEF

Croissance d'un organe ou d'une partie du corps évaluée par rapport à d'autres organes ou parties, ou par rapport à la croissance totale, chez un même individu ou chez des individus de races ou d'espèces différentes.

DEF

Croissance particulière d'un organe animal ou végétal, qui se développe à une vitesse différente, créant une disproportion avec l'âge.

OBS

[Aussi] : évaluation, mesure de cette croissance.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Morfología y fisiología general
  • Botánica
  • Ecología (Generalidades)
DEF

Medición y estudio de los cambios en las proporciones de las diversas partes de un organismo, en relación con el crecimiento del conjunto, o dentro de una serie de organismos relacionados.

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Record 2 1999-06-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mathematics
DEF

The quantitative relation between a part and the whole or another part as the organism increases in size.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mathématiques
DEF

Relation quantitative entre les parties d'un objet, ou entre une partie et le tout, qui change avec l'augmentation de la taille de l'objet.

PHR

Mesurer l'allométrie.

Spanish

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