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Rautian, 1993. On the nature of the genotype and heredity
A complexly written yet undoubtedly profound article that elicits polarized evaluations (ranging from outright rejection to deep respect). Rauatian A. S. On the nature of genotype and inheritance // Journal of General Biology. – 1993. – Vol. 54, No. 2. …
Three Syntheses in Evolutionary Biology. Column in KompyuterraOnline #44
Many components of the Third Synthesis in evolutionary biology have already been developed. What remains is to isolate, from the particulars of circumstance, the primary signal reflecting the mechanism of life's development.
Shyshkin, 1988. Patterns of ontogenetic evolution
M.A. Shyshkin. Patterns of ontogeny evolution // Modern Paleontology. Methods, Directions, Problems, Practical Application: Reference Manual: In 2 volumes. / Under the editorship of V.V. Menner, V.P. Makridin. – M.: Nedra, 1988. – Vol. 2. pp. 169-209.
Shyshkin, 1988. Evolution as an epigenetic process
M.A. Shyshkin. Evolution as an epigenetic process // Modern Paleontology. Methods, directions, problems, practical application: Reference manual: In 2 volumes. / Ed. V.V. Menner, V.P. Makridin. – M.: Nedra, 1988. – Vol. 2. pp. 142-169.
Shyshkin, 1987. Individual development and evolutionary theory
Shyshkin M.A. Individual development and evolutionary theory // Evolution and biocenotic crises. Moscow: Nauka, 1987. - pp. 76–124.
Shishkin, 2006. Individual development and lessons of evolutionism
Shyshkin M. A. Individual development and lessons of evolutionism. Ontogeny, 2006, vol. 37, No. 3, pp. 179-198
Surrogates of environmental protection. Column in ComputerreOnline #43
When consumers of “organic” products and other “bio‑food” convince themselves that they are saving the planet, they merely waste the soulful energy that could have led to some positive changes on empty toys.
Phosphorus-free diet? Column in KompyuterrOnline #42
History shows that over time the relative importance of resources changes. Perhaps we should not think about conserving current resources, but about accelerating the transition to a phase when they will no longer be needed?
Refusal of Expansion? Column in KompyuterraOnline #41
When one of us passes away without leaving children, they become the first such failure in a line of ancestors stretching almost four billion years! What will we become if we refuse expansion?
Markov and Human Evolution. Column in ComputerreOnline #40
Imagine a book series “Prosveshchitel”: wonderfully published, hand‑to‑hand books with high‑quality printing that are immediately made freely available in electronic form.
Antelope track chain. Column in ComputerreOnline #39
Humans excel at reconstructing chains of cause and effect and tend to impose their chain logic on any object of study. Regardless of how it functions, we think it works that way.
Gauss – I believe!
This is not a column, it is the second blog entry on Kompyutere-online, after the first one sparked a truly explosive discussion. Previous stages of the discussion: the first post on Kompyutere and on Batrachos; an addition to it on …
The causes of our (imper)fection. Column in ComputerreOnline #38
The hunting method of our ancestors has left an imprint on our bodies. Its traces – both hairlessness, the nature of thermoregulation, and much more. And equally deep traces of this way of life can be found in our psyche.
Hardin (1968) Tragedy of the Commons
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Conclusion from Alexander Markov's "Human Evolution"
A. Markov. Human Evolution. In 2 vols. – Kyiv: Astrel: CORPUS, 2011. A fragment of the 2nd volume (pp. 471–499) is presented here. Some of these materials are already posted online; I present the book's conclusion in full by agreement …
Modeling Elections
My post about the Russian elections on the Computerra Online blog (here it is on the CT site, and here it is on my site) provoked a fairly serious discussion there and here as well. What concerned me most was …
Elections and Statistics
Many criticize statistical processing: they say it is soulless, lifeless. But there are cases when it is precisely statistics that provide vivid and simply unsurpassed arguments. The distribution of votes cast for different parties across different polling stations during the …
Problems of Interpretation. Column in KomputerraOnline #37
We are not cameras that mechanically reflect reality. What we expect, we channel through ready-made cognitive schemas. But what happens when we perceive something entirely unfamiliar?
Mykhailova et al. (2011) A Study of Spermatogenesis in Diploid Pelophylax esculentus
Mykhailova O. V., Kechedzhi A. E., Shabanov D. A. A Study of Spermatogenesis in Diploid Pelophylax esculentus (Amphibia, Anura) using Karyoanalysis in Squashed Preparations // Proceedings of the Ukrainian Herpetological Society. – 2011. – No. 3. – P. 120-127.
Borkin et al. (2004) Mass occurrence of polyploid green frogs...
The first report of massive triploidy in the territory of Eastern Ukraine. What is described in this article we have come to call the North-Donetsk center of green frog diversity. Copy - here. Borkin L. J., Korshunov A. V., Lada …