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Data Set for CHAPTER 4


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This shows the claw weight (second column) versus body weight (first column) of fiddler-crabs. All weights are in milligrams. The body weight is the total weight of the crab with the weight of the claw subtracted. Data from "Problems of Relative Growth" by J.S. Huxley, Dover, 1972, page 12, Table 1.


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1st col 2nd col
57.6 5.3
80.3 9.0
109.2 13.7
156.1 25.1
199.7 38.3
238.3 52.5
270.0 59.0
300.2 78.1
355.2 104.5
420.1 135.0
470.1 164.9
535.7 195.6
617.9 243.0
680.6 271.6
743.3 319.2
872.4 417.6
983.1 460.8
1079.9 537.0
1165.5 593.8
1211.7 616.8
1291.3 670.0
1363.2 699.3
1449.1 777.8
1807.9 1009.1
2235.0 1380.0