(A-D) Overexpressing GBP1 or GBP2
increases body size in wild - type females and males (A and B, respectively) at 25 °C or 22 °C (C and D, respectively).
«In particular, we found a group called Laurasiatheria
quickly increased their body size and ecological diversity, setting them on a path that would result in a modern group containing mammals as diverse as bats, cats, rhinos, whales, cows, pangolins, shrews and hedgehogs.»
Overexpressing both GBP1 and GBP2 in the fat body in the mutant
background increased body size with respect to the null mutant controls (Fig 6A and 6B).
Large breeds, for example Wolfhound, are predisposed to disorders resulting
from increased body size or faster rate of growth.
Some researchers see the larger brain and tooth size as indicative of allometric changes due to
increased body size, with rudolfensis and habilis constituting the same species, with the former the males and the later the females.
SUVs and vans tend to have larger blind spots than sedans because of
the increased body size.
In the 1860 ′ s, the Rough Collie caught the eye of people interested in the beauty of the dog and bred it to
increase body size and the thickness of its coat.