Literature

Savinov AB The new paradigm of population: population as a symbiotic self-governing system, “Vestn. Nizhny Novgorod. Univ NI Lobachevsky. Ser.Biology. 2005. Vol. 1 (9). S. 181-196. (http://macroevolution.narod.ru/savinov.htm)
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AUTOCENOSIS AND DEMOCENOSIS – NEW CATEGORY FOR PARASITOLOGY, ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Savinov A.B.

Nizhni Novgorod State University, pr. Gagarina 23-1,
Nizhni Novgorod 603950 Russia,
sabcor@mail.ru

Abstract
Representation about the population concerning a grouping bionts only one species version became classical. However achievements of modern ecology testify to it for organisms of various regular groups various symbolical attitudes (parasitism, mutualism), mentioning is a lot of levels of the organization (from subcellular up to organismic). Therefore on the basis of modern data about symbiogenesis (in various groups of organisms) and cybernetic positions the new paradigm is offered by the author according to whom everyone biont is formulated autocenosis, and the population – democenosis. In the synthetic theory of evolution elements of a population are bionts (organisms), and the population is presented by elementary evolutionary unit. From positions of the author as elementary evolutionary unit it should be considered democenosis. New categories «autocenosis» and «democenosis» should change gradually character of scientific thinking in ecology, parasitology and evolutionary biology, to give rise to a new epoch of biological researches.

real soon now.

The closing idea that studying life as a hologenome or even a holosystem stands to make life un-ownable and with ecologicallly minded site specificity is wonderful, indeed ( with high hopes) vastly furthering the paradigm of life science as social enterprise.

“there’s a revolution in the wings that will be exciting and equitable”-you

I had the pleasure of seeing Stu Graham, Chief Economist of the PTO, speak the other day. We also sat with each other (we know each other from the IP “thinkers” community here in Atlanta). Stu has been in the PTO for about 8 months now (he is taking leave from his tenured position at Georgia Tech), and his presentation centered on how the USPTO data shows (or does not show) innovation, job creation etc. He mentioned that his data collection is going more slowly than everyone expected because it is just–my words–too darn hard to collect the necessary data to do high level economic analysis using the existing systems. The computers have to be allocated (of course) to use of the examiners, and his team had to “take the data as it was available.”

What struck me from his presentation, and our side conversation, is the dearth of interest (or realization or ?) of prior PTO administrations that what the PTO does has real effects on the economy and society. Put simply, the current PTO administration (and, by inference, the Obama administration) believes that they have a job to do that can affect the outside world. I don’t want to get all political here, but how can government get smaller, if your framework doesn’t even have a way to measure what a particular agency does? Having been a patent lawyer for 15 years (and a member of the community who values data over ideology), I am thrilled with the changes at the PTO.

Also, and this is probably apropos of nothing, I asked Stu how he was finding DC. He said that Kappos has his team working 7 days a week, until 9 pm at night, so he doesn’t get out much. WOW! I can’t wait until the next time I am in Alexandria. I plan on driving by at night to see if there are actually lights on at the PTO after 5:30 pm. It will be the first time.