BioConcepts

allometryAllometrie (ger.)

• The growth of one part of an organism at a different rate from that of the whole organism. (Oxford Dict. of Plant Sciences 2006)
  category growth

  1936

  To denote growth of a part at a different rate from that of a body as a whole or of a standard, we propose the term allometry

  Huxley, J.S. & Teissier, G. (1936). Terminology of relative growth. Nature 137, 780-781: 780.