compensatory growth References compensatory growth biology Ask Anything Homework Help Written by The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them. The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica Britannica AI Ask Anything Learn about this topic in these articles: growth/ Compensatory growth Many organs of animals occur in pairs, and if one is lost the remaining member increases in size, as if responding to the demands of increased use. If one of the two kidneys of a human is removed, for example, the other increases… Read More Many organs of animals occur in pairs, and if one is lost the remaining member increases in size, as if responding to the demands of increased use. If one of the two kidneys of a human is removed, for example, the other increases… Read More