The theoretical possibility of reverse translation of proteins into genes

It is shown on a theoretical basis that the existence of a “power law” relationship between body mass M and total metabolic heat generation rate Q of the form Q = kM^α does not uniquely determine the dependence of metabolic rate on body temperature. However, it is shown that a particular assumption for this temperature dependence, successful in other problems, does predict a “power law” similar to the empirical one. At the same time it also accounts satisfactorily for the linear dependence of metabolic rate on ambient temperature.