Symmorphosis: On Form and Function in Shaping Life

By E. Weibel. 2000

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Beyond the ‘3/4‐power law’: variation in the intra‐and interspecific scaling of metabolic rate in animals (2005, unknown): “…maximal metabolic rate during activity is further supported by the study of Hoppeler & Flück (2002), who show that muscle mitochondrial volume (b=0.91) scales similarly to maximal metabolic rate (b=0.92) in their sample of mammals (see also Wieser, 1995; Weibel, 2000; Weibel et al., 2004).”
The trade-off between tooth strength and tooth penetration: Predicting optimal shape of canine teeth (2007, unknown): “Because of symmorphosis (Weibel, 2000), we would not expect the tip to be over-engineered compared with the rest of the structure.”
Communication in Neuronal Networks (2003, background): “Economy and efficiency are guiding principles in physiology that explain, for example, the way in which the lungs, the circulation, and the mitochondria are matched and co-regulated to supply energy to muscles (2).”