It is within this context that we should view allometric scaling laws: their systematic regularity and universality provides a window onto these emergent laws and underlying principles. As external environments change, all of these various systems must be scalable in order to meet the continuing challenges of adaptability, evolvability, and growth. The same generic underlying dynamical and organizational principles must operate across multiple spatial and temporal scales. The scalability of living systems underlies their extraordinary resilience and sustainability both at the individual level
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