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allomorphosis Biol.|æləʊˈmɔːfəsɪs, -mɔːˈfəʊsɪs|
[f. allo- + morphosis.]
1. = metamorphosis (Mayne Expos. Lex. Add. 1860).
2. Evolutionary allometry: a term used for comparison of different phylogenetic groups (see quots.).
1941J. S. Huxley et al. in Nature 23 Aug. 225/1 We wish to suggest that allometry be the covering term, and allomorphosis the term for phylogenetic comparison. This indicates that all these differences..concern differing rates of growth in the individual, and..different (morphological or chemical) patterns brought about..in the completed individual of different groups. Ibid., Allomorphosis, the relation of parts of organisms at some definite age to wholes or parts also at some definite age, but of different groups (races, varieties, species, genera). 1942J. S. Huxley Evolution ix. 529 For comparison of relative proportions in different types it will..be best to use allomorphosis..keeping allometry as a general and inclusive term. 1949Blakiston's New Gould Med. Dict. 42/1 Allomorphosis, a type of allometry which deals with the relation of a part to the whole, or to another part, in a series of organisms..as the relation of jaw length to skull length of the adult in a series of breeds of dogs. |