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About February Fourteenth
It so happened that conversations about "Valentine's Day" always irritated me considerably. ... I regularly check Google Analytics or Yandex Metrica, tracking how this website "performs." ... The established pattern …
"Skvazhyny"
About what you can find on your own website, and about how defects can attract attention.
When Does Selection Become Ineffective? Column in KomputerraOnline #47
When the fitness of an individual is influenced by the variation of many genes, and especially when the effect of some genes depends on the state of others, the rate …
The wonders of sexual reproduction. Column in ComputerreOnline #48
The mechanisms of gene transmission and alteration differ among asexual species, the parasexual Penicillium, humans and other animals with a typical sexual cycle, and the truly extraordinary Pushtun frogs
March 4. Eskhar
The start of field season! A short trip to Eskhar, after frogs surviving the cold in the warm water of the power plant discharge.
“Ecological problems” for university and school students. Column in ComputerreOnline #49
Night, in the distance trout splash. Across the meadow moves a formation of ninety thousand tadpoles, devouring insects. Toward us, under the cover of darkness, a thousand "ecologists" march.
March 8. Winter Is Over
Snow still lies on the ground, but the sun is melting through it. Above dark objects hidden in the snow (twigs, for example), small windows form from fused ice droplets
Altruism and Simpson's paradox. Column in ComputerreOnline #50
In different conditions, the greatest success is provided by different behavioral forms – sometimes purely selfish, sometimes antagonistic, but quite often also altruistic.
March 17. Eskhar, Continuation of the Field Season
Last time the frogs were very hard to catch, but we need them for our work. We had to go again. The weather was not much different from last time …
Congratulations to Olya Mikhailova and Nastya Kechedzhi on winning the competition!
At the All-Ukrainian competition of student research papers in Zaporizhzhia, the work by Olga Mikhailova and Anastasia Kechedzhi on the study of gametogenesis in green frogs took III place. Notably, …
Supports of Altruism. Column in ComputerreOnline #51
{"title":"","summary":"","body":"A characteristic feature of altruistic behavior in many animals, including humans, is that it concerns only individuals belonging to certain groups."}
Guests from the Past. Column in KomputerraOnline #52
We are more anachronistic than Rip Van Winkle; we were shaped by long-vanished epochs. Our biological foundation has remained unchanged, while our way of life and our social roles have …