Cope's rule

Cope's rule
The generalization in which there is a steady increase in size in phyletic series.

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

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  • Cope's rule — states that population lineages tend to increase in body size over evolutionary time.[1] While the rule has been demonstrated in many instances, it does not hold true at all taxonomic levels, or in all clades. Larger body size is associated with… …   Wikipedia

  • Cope’s rule — Cope’s rule. См. правило Коупа. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • Cope's Rule — size tends to increase during phylogeny …   Dictionary of ichthyology

  • Cope (disambiguation) — A cope is a type of religious garment. Cope may also refer to: Cope (surname), several people surnamed Cope Cope Baronets COPE (film) 2007 film Cope (album), by British DJ Adam Freeland Cope (song), a song by Gigolo Aunts Cope rearrangement, an… …   Wikipedia

  • Cope — • A vestment which may most conveniently be described as a long liturgical mantle, open in front and fastened at the breast with a band or clasp Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Cope     Cope …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • Cope — This article is about religious garments. For other uses, see Cope (disambiguation). Pluviale redirects here. For a period of abundant rainfall, see pluvial. Finely embroidered cope, Saint Bavo Cathedral, Ghent, 15th century. Note the shield… …   Wikipedia

  • Cope —    A long cloak of silk or other rich material, semicircular in shape, fastened in front at the neck by a clasp or morse and having on the back a flat hood embroidered. It is worn over the alb or surplice and varies in color according to the… …   American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  • Edward Drinker Cope — Edward Drinker Cope …   Wikipedia

  • Bergmann's Rule — In zoology, Bergmann s rule is an ecogeographic rule that correlates latitude with body mass in animals.Tim M. Blackburn; Kevin J. Gaston; Natasha Loder (1999) Geographic Gradients in Body Size: A Clarification of Bergmann s Rule Diversity and… …   Wikipedia

  • правило Коупа — Cope’s rule правило Коупа. Эмпирическая закономерность, в соответствии с которой эволюционно новые группы организмов происходят не от специализированных, а от малоспециализированных форм, сохраняющих эволюционную пластичность; П.К. установлено Э …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

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