The growth, growth energy, and ageing of the chicken’s heart
- 24 October 1940
- journal article
- research article
- Published by The Royal Society in Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. B. Biological Sciences
- Vol. 129 (856) , 332-355
- https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.1940.0042
Abstract
The growth energy of the chicken's heart is defined, measured, and found to decline exponentially with age; it proves to be proportional to the specific growth rate of the heart in vivo . The growth of the heart can therefore be described by a Gompertz equation. The relation between growth, cell movement, metabolism and differentiation is discussed, as well as the relevance of the Gompertz equation to problems of relative growth and senescence.This publication has 12 references indexed in Scilit:
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