Power-laws, i.e. L(s) = b s^k where b and k are constants, arise in the context of self-similar functions. "whenever evolution has conserved the genetic networks ...so that structures are, from one individual to the next, very nearly the same shape" https:
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Allometry and scaling. Contemplating parallels with orgs. https://t.co/4VPe1Wxcb2
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@neuroecology @EcoEvoEvoEco The existence of allometry and self similarity of biological form all argue in favor of both points that you make. Species of a lineage tend to be roughly biological diffeomorphisms of each other in their body forms (i.e stretch