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E. M. Kreps. Academician A. I. Oparin. (To the 80th birthday.)

I. P. Ashmarin. On the evolution of nucleic acid polymerases.

V. Z. Baranova, G. A. Deborin and D. A. Predvoditelev. Studies on surface films of N-methyl- colamine glycerophospholipid analogues.

T. A. Telegina, T. E. Pavlovskaya and A. I. Ladyzhenskaya. Photochemical conversion of acetal- dehyde in ammonium salt solutions yielding biochemically important compounds.

E. A. Boichenko and L. N. Gryzhankova. Changes of iron compounds in evolution of carbon dioxide assimilation.

M. A. Khenokh and E. M. Lapinskaya. Photochemical abiogenic synthesis of amino acids in hydro- sphere containing hydrocarbons and nitrates.

I. S. Kulaev, V. V. Rozhanets, A. G. Kobylyanskii and Yu. B. Filippovich. Detection of pyrophos- phate and other polyphosphates in some insects.

N. P. Vykhrestyuk, G. V. Yarygina and L. I. Andreeva. Characterization of lipids from the nematode Mecistocirrus digitatus.

V. D. Rozanova and U. S. Shaikemeleva. Total cholesterol content of the blood and tissues of rodents developing under conditions of different motor activity.

V. V. Tsyupko, M. V. Berus and T. K. Alimov. Peculiarities of carbohydrate and fat metabolism in steers and calves.

V. I. Sokolov. On the reaction of suprarenal cortex to formalin stress in intact and castrated rodents.

D. B. Malakhovskaya. The influence of the brain cortex on cleaning reflexes in young rabbits.

T. P. Tsirulis. The fine structure of the statocyst in the gastropod mollusc Clione limacina. Short Communications

I. P. Ashmarin and E. P. Kharchenko. Does the average size of a cystron undergo evolutionary changes ?

191 N. I. Razumovskaya, V. S. Gurevich and 0. B. Karpova. Binding of actinomycin D to deoxyribo- nucleoproteids in intact and denervated skeletal muscles of rabbits.

193 V. M. Yunker and G. V. Alekseeva. Peculiarities of hemopoiesis in the hibernating ground-squirrel Citellus erythrogenus.

195 G. M. Daudova and E. M. Petrun’kina. Comparative characteristic of termal reaction to pyrogenic stimulus and dinitrophenol in rabbits and the ground-squirrel Citellus pygmaeus.

198 I. D. Olesik and T. V. Fedosova. Segmental nerves of the first thoracic ganglion in fresh-water cray- fishes.

200 V. D. Bakharev and V. I. Shostak. The dependence of electroretinographic reaction on the intensity of photostimulation in animals with different types of the retina.

202 L. I. Gapich and A. Ya. Supin. The activity of single neurons in the acoustical cortex of the porpoise Phocaena phocaena.

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204 G. A. Khasabov. Latencies of the evoked responses to stimulation of the hippocamp in the monkey Macacus rhesus and rabbits. Obituary

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A. I. Karamyan. On the development of evolutionary physiology in Russia.

V. V. Egorov, N. N. Iezuitova, N. M. Timofeeva, E. Kh. Tulyaganova, E. G. Gurman, G. G. Shcherbakov and A. M. Ugolev. Temperature characteristics and temperature adaptations of the enzymes involved into membrane digestion in poikilotherms and homoiotherms.

A. V. Lebedev. Nitrogen extractive substances of muscle tissue of invertebrates.

K. I. Shanygina. Dehydrogenases of pentose phosphate shunt in cellular fractions of the denervated and embryonic liver in rabbits and rats. Z. D. Pigareva and E. L. Dovedova. On biochemical heterogeneity of brain microstructures.

I. A. Komienko and 1. I. Gokhblit. Peculiarities of thermogenesis in rabbits and rats at early postnatal life under hypoxic conditions.

R. D. Kolesinskaya. On the formation of sinocarotid reflex to the venous pressure in puppies.

I. I. Evsyukova. Heart rate and respiration in newborn infants during different phases of sleep.

V. A. Kozak. On the “videoacoustic system” in the sperm-whale Physeter catodon.

K. G. Guesel’nikova and L. E. Tsitolovskii. Trace inhibitory postsynaptic potential in the olfactory bulb of the frog Rana temporaria.

Yu. I. Senchik and I. I. Pisugin. Cilia of neurosecretory cells in the supraoptic and paraventricular nuclei of mice and rats.

L. M. Nomokonova. Connections of the caudal dorsal thalamus with the forebrain in the frog Rana ridibunda.

Short communications

L. S. Khokholev. On the heterogeneity of amino acids in cytochromes c.

G. A. Glazunova. The content of fibrinogen and the activity of fibrin-stabilizing factor in various vertebrates.

B. F. Sukhomlinov, R. S. Stoika and V. N. Korobov. Physico-chemical properties and amino acid composition of hemoglobin of the beaver Castor fiber.

0. V. Dobrynina and N. N. Morozov. ATPase activity of the sarcoplasmic reticulum from different types of skeletal muscles of the frog Rana temporaria.

Yu. A. Petrovich and R. P. Podorozhuaya. The exchange of labelled selenium in the liver, kidneys, bones and other organs of albino rats at different ages.

T. A. Aleksandrova. Representation of visual and somatic atferent system in the motor reticular nucleus of midbrain tegmentum in the frog Rana temporaria.

G. A. Pyatkina. Electron microscopic studies on the olfactory organ in sturgeons.

N. L. Tumanova and E. V. Ozirskaya. Electron microscopic studies on degenerative changes in the nucleus rotundus of the tortoise Emys orbicularis after tectomy.

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318 M. G. Zaks. L. Irving. Arctic life of birds and mammals including man.

320 A. I. Shapovalov. V. L. Sviderskii. Neurophysiology of flight in insects.

321 A. V. Bursian. Neurobiology of invertebrates. Mechanisms of rhythm regulation. Edited by J. Salanki.