A universal power law for modelling the growth and form of teeth, claws, horns, thorns, beaks, and shells

• Published in: BMC biology Vol. 19; no. 1; pp. 58 - 14
• Main Authors: Evans, Alistair R., Pollock, Tahlia I., Cleuren, Silke G. C., Parker, William M. G., Richards, Hazel L., Garland, Kathleen L. S., Fitzgerald, Erich M. G., Wilson, Tim E., Hocking, David P., Adams, Justin W.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 30.03.2021; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Antlers; Appendages (Animal anatomy); Beaks; Biological activity; Biological research; Biology, Experimental; Dentition; Developmental biology; Differential growth; Elephants; Enamel; Growth; Growth rate; Horns; Invertebrates; Logarithmic spiral; Mammoths; Megalodon; Model testing; Morphogenesis; Pattern formation; Phenotypes; Power law; Power plants; Shape generation; Sharks; Shells; Teeth; Vertebrates; Australia; Morphogenesis; Vertebrates; Power cone; Teeth; Shape generation; Evo-devo; Power cascade; Logarithmic spiral; Power law; Differential growth

A major goal of evolutionary developmental biology is to discover general models and mechanisms that create the phenotypes of organisms. However, universal models of such fundamental growth and form are rare, presumably due to the limited number of physical laws and biological processes that influen...