Figure 1 — Birth mass is the key to understanding the negative correlation between lifespan and body size in dogs

Research Paper|Volume 8, Issue 12|pp. 3209–3222

Birth mass is the key to understanding the negative correlation between lifespan and body size in dogs

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Figure 1.Lifespan negatively scales with adult body mass in male (A) and female dogs (B). Each point represents one breed. The scaling powers were obtained by regressing the logarithmically transformed data.