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Emergency Exit for Mr. Kernes
Sketches from a rally in support of the secretary of the Kharkiv city council
Political Fragment of the Final Column for Computerra
In the course of my correspondence with the editor-in-chief and owner of Computerra, a decision was made to discontinue (for now temporarily, but I feel it will be permanent) my columns on that resource. It's a shame, of course; many …
Walks on Freedom Square
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An Unpublished Column. On Violence: A Simple Ethical Problem and Analysis of Three Examples from Contemporary Ukrainian Life
Ukraine is passing through the harshest trials in its recent history, which provoke heated debate. Of course, mutual misunderstanding between opponents is compounded by the effects of disinformation. One who sympathises with the anti-criminal character of the Ukrainian revolution will …
A Few Photos from near the Palace of Sport. February 22, 2014
A few photographs, slightly capturing the spirit of the rally near the Palace of Sport on February 22, 2014. Under the auspices of Kernes and Dobkin, it was planned to announce the secession of Eastern Ukraine here. It didn't work …
On the Nature of Male and Female, or From Conjugation to Oogamy. Column for Kompyuterra #138
Why did I spend so much space on discussing the case of ciliates? It demonstrates that reproduction without the formation of specialized cells can be employed by extremely highly organized organisms. Furthermore, their example illustrates the connection between the sexual …
A Request for Help and an Offer of Access to a Library of Biological and Other Literature
The site's author has assembled a fairly large library of electronic biological literature, including many foreign sources, among them — the very latest. Unfortunately, the flood of new books remains unsorted. I invite anyone who wishes to obtain what they …
Discussion of the transition from hermaphroditism to dioecy as an example of non-classical development of a scientific hypothesis. Column for Kompyuterrа #137
In this column, I want to share with readers two surprises. The first — how it turns out with the evolution of reproduction in hermaphrodites. The second — to what extent the interaction of competent people, united by suitable nodes …
We live long. About the Ukrainian protest, "Molotov cocktails" and the oxytocin wave. Column for Kompyuterra #136
In general, I see three sides of the current Ukrainian events: — first: protesters, affected by the oxytocin wave; some desperation pushed to aggression, others are still driven by the most noble (and therefore — slightly idealistic) motivations; — second: …
The Victory of Stability over Optimality, or Why Hermaphrodites Lose to Males and Females. Column for Computerra #135
Strategy — is a hierarchy of priorities corresponding to a particular mode of action in a particular situation. ... Evolution proceeds not toward the optimal, but toward the stable state. The transition from hermaphroditism to gonochorism — is a transition …
Is the Red (a.k.a. Black) Queen really the queen of evolutionary problems? Don't rush to answer — don't forget about hermaphrodites! Column for Kompyuterra #134
Now I must make a confession. I have my own version of the solution, I simply was not in a hurry to explain it. In order for you to appreciate the way out of the theoretical impasse, you needed to …
Are Eight Indirect Hypotheses Describing the Advantages of Sexual Reproduction Sufficient to Explain the Origin of Sex? Column for Computerra #133
If the survival advantage of offspring from sexual parents falls short of twofold, clonal organisms displace gonochoristic ones in the short term. The long-term advantages of sexual reproduction simply do not have time to manifest in such a situation! But …
The queen of evolutionary biology problems: Jenkin's nightmare returns. Column for Kompyuterra #132
But what do we see? The winner in natural selection among most highly organized species, instead of carefully passing on to its offspring its genotype that ensured its environmentally approved individual development, finds nothing better than to violate the integrity …
Riddle of Sex. Cui prodest: gene, individual, group? Column for Kompyuterra #131
Attention: question! Selection of which level (gene, individual, or group) is the cause of the transition to sexual reproduction? And, if you want, a hint. In those cases when some evolutionary innovations promote the preservation and reproduction of both genes …
Origin of sex, gonochorism and hemiclonal inheritance. Statement of the problem. Column for Kompyutera #130
Origin of sexual reproduction. Origin of gonochorism. Ecological differentiation of sexes. Abandonment of sexual process and transition to clonal reproduction. Origin of hemiclonality. Possible abandonment of hemiclonality. The task of this column was...
Shyshkin, 2010. Эволюционная теория и научное мышление
Shchyshkin M.A. Evolutionary Theory and Scientific Thinking. // Paleontological Journal, 2010. — No. 6. — pp. 3-17
Ukraine is a big Vradiivka. Selected passages from correspondence with Russian and pro-Russian friends. Column for Kompyuterrra #129
If you are a citizen of Eastern Ukraine, who is being told that the reason for wage delays and economic collapse is not the theft of those at the helm, but that protests are preventing them, would you really agree …
Shyshkin, 2012. Systemic Conditionality of Morphogenesis and Its Manifestations in the Paleontological Record
Shishkin M. A. Sistemna obumovlenist formoutvorennia y ii proiavlennia v paleontolohichnii litopysi // Paleontolohichnyi zhurnal, 2012, No. 4, p. 3–15.