Body-Mass Scaling of Metabolic Rate: What are the Relative Roles of Cellular versus Systemic Effects?

Body-Mass Scaling of Metabolic Rate: What are the Relative Roles of Cellular versus Systemic Effects?

The reason why metabolic rate often scales allometrically (disproportionately) with body mass has been debated for decades. A critical question concerns whether metabolic scaling is controlled intrinsically at the intracellular level or systemically at the organismal level. Recently, the relative im...

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Main Author: Douglas S. Glazier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-03-01
Series:Biology
Subjects:
biological regulation
body mass
cellular metabolic rate
mitochondria
scaling
resource-supply limits
systemic effects
tissue composition
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/4/1/187

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