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Department of Evolutionary
Morphology
Research Direction:
Evolutionary mechanisms of adaptation in various
animal taxa and ecological groups.
Current Research Projects:
Studies of formation terms, growth and differentiation
of organs and tissues in various vertebrates.
Studies of morphofunctional peculiarities and
trends of evolutionary transformations in locomotor organs, skin,
respiratory, circulatory, and digestive systems in various vertebrates.
Quantitative description of variation, diversity,
and evolution of osteometric characters in various animals; application
of mathematical methods to comparative morphological and ecological
data.
The Department includes Laboratory
of Developmental Biology
History of the Department
Comparative anatomical studies have been conducted
in the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine since 1922. They were initiated
at the Chair of Experimental Zoology and at the Omelchenko Biological
Institute. Since 1930 this studies have been conducted at the
Departments of Experimental and Comparative Morphology of the
newly established Institute of Zoology and Biology (renamed into
Institute of Zoology of Academy of Sciences of Ukrainian SSR in
1939, now Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology of National Academy
of Sciences of Ukraine). The studies were initiated and led by
I. I. Schmalhausen (the first Director of the Institute and Head
of the Department of Experimental Morphology) until 1941.
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Igor Dzeverin
Dr. Sci., Head of the Department
Scientific interests: Mammalogy. Evolutionary
theory. Statistical techniques in biology. History and philosophy
of biology.
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Michail Kovtun
Dr. Sci., Professor, Principal Research Scientist
Scientific interests: comparative and
evolutionary morphology; embryology, evolution, ontogenesis.
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Pavel Gol'din
Cand. Sci., Assoc. Prof., acting Leading Research
Scientist
Scientific interests: Comparative anatomy,
evolution and ontogeny of marine mammals. Paleontology of marine
mammals. Populations of marine mammals: dynamics, morphology,
mortality factors. Age, growth, and life history of mammals. Zooarchaeology.
Conservation of marine and coastal areas. Marine mammals of the
Azov and the Black Seas.
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Irine Kovalyova
(1956 - 2018)
Cand. Sci., Senior Research Scientist
Scientific interests: morphology, ecology
and evolution of mammals, particularly Chiroptera.
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Maria Ghazali
Cand. Sci., acting Senior Research Scientist
Scientific interests: morphology and evolution
of skull and teeth. Bats' distribution and ecology.
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Oksana Shatkovska
Cand. Sci., Research Scientist
Scientific interests: formation of bird
limbs skeleton in embryogenesis and postembryogenesis. Changes
of proportions of the skeleton of the limbs in ontogeny of birds
of different adaptive groups. Morpho-functional adaptation of
the limbs of the birds.
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Hanna Sheverdyukova
Cand. Sci., acting Research Scientist
Scientific interests: reptiles development,
morphology and phylogeny.
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Anna Romaniuk
Acting Junior Research Scientist
Scientific interests: morpho-functional and biomechanical
features of masticatory apparatus of the Carnivora (in particular,
Mustelidae) in view of feeding strategy.
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Igor Bogdanovich
Cand. Sci., Senior Researcher, Leading engineer
Scientific interests: origin of birds
locomotor apparatus, flight and birds as class.
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Natalya Slutska
Leading engineer. Technical supply.
Scientific interests: morphology and evolution
of skull anurans.
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Marina Vysotskaya
First category engineer. Technical and material
supply.
Scientific interests: spinal column functional
morphology of sharks different systematic groups, cetacean hind
limb embryogenesis.
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