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Organ Size

Known as: Size, Organ 
The measurement of an organ in volume, mass, or heaviness.
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2011
2011
Morphogens, nutrients, and the basis of organ scaling
SUMMARY The regulation of organ size is a long‐standing problem in animal development. Studies in this area have shown that organ… 
Review
2008
Review
2008
The biology of organ size determination
The mechanisms that control the size of cells, organs, and organisms have long interested biologists, and are also important in… 
2008
2008
Control of Plant Organ Size
Plant organs grow to highly reproducible sizes that are determined by the plant's genotype and by the identity of the organ. The… 
2006
2006
Lymphoid organ size varies among inbred lines 6(3) and 7(2) and their thirteen recombinant congenic strains of chickens with the same major histocompatibility complex.
The objective was to evaluate lymphoid organ size in chickens from a series of 13 recombinant congenic strains (RCS) and their… 
2006
2006
Postprandial responses in the African rhombig egg eater (Dasypeltis scabra).
2003
2003
Cancer: A twist in a hedgehog's tale
The genetics of development can often explain the genesis of cancer. This now seems to be true for cancers of the gut, but the… 
1996
1996
Scaling of organ subunits in adult mammals and birds: a model.
  • J. Prothero
  • Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part A…
  • 1996
  • Corpus ID: 25080232
1990
1990
Effects of short term nutritional manipulation on organ size and fasting heat production.
Two studies were conducted to study the effects of short term nutritional manipulation on the organ size and the fasting heat… 
1990
1990
Reduced mature size in progeny of swine severely restricted in protein intake during pregnancy.
The objective was to determine the effects of maternal gestation diet on mature body and organ size and composition of progeny… 
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1971
Highly Cited
1971
Fetal growth retardation produced by experimental placental insufficiency in the rhesus monkey. I. Body weight, organ size.
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