Hello, 
I do not understand because as much it complicates with this. It is very 
simple, in 
spanish shape is confomormación and the form implies more attributes like the 
texture, size, shape. The article of Jaramillo and Dujardin explain that or in 
the 
electronic book of Dujardin.

Liu Idárraga
Biologist
University of Antioquia
Medellín-Colombia


On Lun Nov 14  4:04 , 'morphmet' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent:

>Judi,
>
>I understand that Form = size + shape. Therefore "form" should be related
>to  both isometric and allometric size effects. Shape is free of isometric
>size but  allometric effects could remain. There is a "preform space"
>which is composed  of all objects translated to a common origin, with size
>and orientation  remaining to be separated.
>
>I think there is something wrong in your last definition of "form", there 
>should not be anything considered as "form" that does not have something 
>of "size" within it.
>
>Pablo
>
>Pablo Jarrin
>Grad student.
>Dept. of Biology
>Boston University
>
>
>
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