No abstract. The following is taken from the introduction:
"Almost a quarter of a century has ela sed since D'Aroy
Thompson ( 1) published his c lassioal work "Growth and Form", in
which he demonstrated that all living organisms,except the yery
simplest owe their form to the phenomena of differential growth .
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During this period there has been a realisation that the phenomena
of di fferential growth are fundamental to many branc hes of biologi
cal study, and many of the broad empirical laws invol ved have
been inyestigated. Huxle3 (2), in his book "Problems of
Relative Growth", brings together the accumulated work of many
scientists and clear ]3 demonstrates the widespread occurrence of
d ifferential growth gradients in many diverse species and shows
tbat many cases of heterogenic growth. are capable of" quantitative
exp.ression..."
