Valeriy Valeryevich Zyuganov (russian: Зюганов Валерий Валерьевич, born 31 July 1955 in
Yangiyo‘l city, (
Uzbekistan
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) is a Soviet and Russian biologist, (
zoologist
Zoology ()The pronunciation of zoology as is usually regarded as nonstandard, though it is not uncommon. is the branch of biology that studies the Animal, animal kingdom, including the anatomy, structure, embryology, evolution, Biological clas ...
) and
Doctor of Biological Sciences. He is the pupil and follower of professors V.V. Khlebovic
the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciencesand Yu. A. Laba
A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Career
Valeriy Zyuganov graduated from the Faculty of Biology,
Moscow State University in 1977.
Since 1977 Valeriy Zyuganov has been a researcher (graduate employee) at the
Koltzov institute of developmental biology of Russian Academy of Sciencesin (
Moscow
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).
Since 1980, he has been a
candidate of biological sciences. At Moscow State University, he presented a thesis on the topic: - "Mechanisms of formation of complex of ''Gasterosteus aculeatus sensu lato''". After presenting his
doctoral dissertation, he was appointed
a junior researcher in th
Koltzov institute of developmental biology of Russian Academy of Sciencesin
Moscow
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.
Since 1985, he has been a research fellow in th
Koltzov institute of developmental biology of Russian Academy of Sciencesin
Moscow
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.
In 1989 he received the commission of
chief scientific worker.
In 1994, Valeriy Zyuganov became a
Doctor of Biological Sciences. At the
St. Petersburg State University in
Saint Petersburg
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, his doctoral thesis and scientific paper are on the specialty 03.00.10 —
ichthyology
Ichthyology is the branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish, including bony fish ( Osteichthyes), cartilaginous fish (Chondrichthyes), and jawless fish (Agnatha). According to FishBase, 33,400 species of fish had been described as of Octob ...
on the theme: - " The family of
stickleback (''Gasterosteidae'') in the world's fauna."
Since 2005, Valery Zyuganov is the head of the group of ecology and biological systems evolution in th
Koltzov institute of developmental biology of Russian Academy of Sciencesin
Moscow
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.
Scientific achievements
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, V.V. Zyuganov formulated the concept of
freshwater pearl mussel–—
Atlantic salmon
The Atlantic salmon (''Salmo salar'') is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Salmonidae. It is the third largest of the Salmonidae, behind Siberian taimen and Pacific Chinook salmon, growing up to a meter in length. Atlantic salmon are ...
symbiosis
Symbiosis (from Greek , , "living together", from , , "together", and , bíōsis, "living") is any type of a close and long-term biological interaction between two different biological organisms, be it mutualistic, commensalistic, or parasit ...
.
In the 1990s, V.V. Zyuganov and colleagues developed a number of biotechnologies for breeding rare and endangered species of freshwater mussels of a genus of ''Margaritifera'', which are included in the
IUCN Red List
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of the
USSR
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. These inventions are protected
inventor's certificates.
In the 1990s, V.V. Zyuganov, in the framework of the concept: - a
freshwater pearl mussel -
Atlantic salmon
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symbiosis
Symbiosis (from Greek , , "living together", from , , "together", and , bíōsis, "living") is any type of a close and long-term biological interaction between two different biological organisms, be it mutualistic, commensalistic, or parasit ...
, put forward the parasite-gooder hypothesis, which prolongs the life-span of the host. This hypothesis is supported by a number of known researchers. The debate has moved beyond the scientific community of Russia. The Zyuganov hypothesis was discussed at international conferences and was cited in scholarly journals and monographs of known researchers.
The tone of the debate was relented after having been discovered similar facts of a life extension of a host by means of parasite in pairs: -
parasitic worms -
fish
Fish are aquatic, craniate, gill-bearing animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish as well as various extinct related groups. Approximately 95% of li ...
and
crustacean
Crustaceans (Crustacea, ) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such animals as decapods, seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles, copepods, amphipods and mantis shrimp. The crustacean group ...
-
fish
Fish are aquatic, craniate, gill-bearing animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish as well as various extinct related groups. Approximately 95% of li ...
.
For the Zyuganov hypothesis were appeared credible proponents
and opponents
V.V. Zyuganov received worldwide reputation after he discovered the fact of a negligible senescence and determined the maximum lifespan (210–250 years) of the
freshwater pearl mussel (''Margaritifera margaritifera'').
The data of V.V. Zyuganov have been confirmed by the Finnish malacologists and gained general acceptance.
In general, the V.V. Zyuganov is the author of 120 scientific papers, 6 monographs, and patents.
Zyuganov is known as the author of
antineoplastic drugs "Elixir Arctic +" and as the author of publications in popular scientific literature about human aging.
Zyuganov is the president of the international "Society Conservation Margaritiferidae" (SCM). A new society was formed at the Twelfth International Malacological Congress in Vigo, Spain in September 1995 to promote the conservation and management of margaritiferid species around the world. The freshwater pearlshells of the family Margaritiferidae include 25 nominal genera that inhabit rivers of North America and Eurasia, with some species and many populations in imminent danger of extinction or extirpation, respectively. The SCM was formed by a multinational cadre of scientists for the purpose of coordinating international efforts for research, management, and the protection of habitats critical to these species. One of the long-term goals of SCM is to create an international monograph on the systematics, distribution, ecology, and status of margaritiferids globally.
Since 1992, V.V. Zyuganov is supervisor the Salmon wildlife preserve of Varzuga.
V.V. Zyuganov was repeatedly elected a member and chairman of the Far East of the Ministry of Natural Resources of Russia, which examines allowable catches of Pacific salmon.
Scientific activity
Zyuganov studied the evolution of marine and freshwater fauna, ecological and physiological basis of animal and human longevity. He was the supervisor and member of environmental projects in Russia, Germany, Spain, France, Britain, Norway and Sweden. Zyuganov investigated non-aging aquatic organisms in the laboratory and in 70 expeditions in Russia, the United States, 20 countries in Europe, Africa, and Southeast Asia on the coast of the Pacific and Indian oceans.
Recently, Zyuganov has focused on studying the
negligible senescence phenomenon. He shows himself as an apologist of
the astrocytic hypothesis of aging of mammals in polemics with opponents.
Partial bibliography
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In Russian
Зюганов В.В., Лабас Ю.А., Хлебович В.В. 1987. Ионные каналы, гены и эволюция // Природа. N 9. C. 92-99*
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*Зюганов В.В., Зотин А.А. 2001. Обыкновенная жемчужница Margaritifera margaritifera - Красная Книга Российской Федерации. Животные. С. 61–69. АСТ. Астрель.
Зюганов В. В. 2009. Жемчужные симбиозы в Акртике и в тропиках // Нептун № 5. С. 96 - 100.*
See also
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Atlantic salmon
The Atlantic salmon (''Salmo salar'') is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Salmonidae. It is the third largest of the Salmonidae, behind Siberian taimen and Pacific Chinook salmon, growing up to a meter in length. Atlantic salmon are ...
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Freshwater pearl mussel
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Negligible senescence
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Symbiosis
Symbiosis (from Greek , , "living together", from , , "together", and , bíōsis, "living") is any type of a close and long-term biological interaction between two different biological organisms, be it mutualistic, commensalistic, or parasit ...
References
External links
Full bibliographyLeivrus Arctica(a web site)
(video clips)
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Russian biologists
Russian gerontologists
1955 births
Living people
Moscow State University alumni
Soviet biologists