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... grow faster near the lower . end of the axis , while the axis itself becomes curved more rapidly at the other , slow - growing end . Clearly there are a great many changing and growing shapes which can be described in this manner . 06CC ...
... grow faster near the lower . end of the axis , while the axis itself becomes curved more rapidly at the other , slow - growing end . Clearly there are a great many changing and growing shapes which can be described in this manner . 06CC ...
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... growing system removes some- thing necessary for its growth from the environment , so that the envir- onment is effectively getting smaller as the system is growing . Then the crunch between the rising size of the system and the ...
... growing system removes some- thing necessary for its growth from the environment , so that the envir- onment is effectively getting smaller as the system is growing . Then the crunch between the rising size of the system and the ...
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... grow at different rates . When biologists have really tried to get down to considering the growth of an animal or plant in detail , they have had to realize that the growing system is always heterogeneous in a much finer - grained way ...
... grow at different rates . When biologists have really tried to get down to considering the growth of an animal or plant in detail , they have had to realize that the growing system is always heterogeneous in a much finer - grained way ...
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