Variability of biological similarity criteria

Richard J. Smith; Rebecca Z. German; William L. Jungers

doi:10.1016/S0022-5193(86)80059-5

Variability of biological similarity criteria

Richard J. Smith, Rebecca Z. German, William L. Jungers

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Abstract

The "allometric cancellation" technique for determining similarity criteria (dimensionless numbers) insures that these ratios are essentially free from size-dependent variation. However, with the traditional methods of calculating such values, other important sources of variation are not examined. A correlation analysis of residuals demonstrates that many similarity criteria are actually highly variable relationships among organisms and frequently have questionable empirical validity.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	287-293
Number of pages	7
Journal	Journal of Theoretical Biology
Volume	118
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-5193(86)80059-5
State	Published - Feb 7 1986
Externally published	Yes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
General Immunology and Microbiology
Applied Mathematics
Modeling and Simulation
Statistics and Probability
General Medicine

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