Zinoviev, A.V. 2005. To "The Origin of Species...". Tver: Tver State Univ. Publ. 104 p. (in Russian).

The book here presented is a work aimed to make the study of Darwin's "Origin of species..." easier. Written in live and colorful language it helps to go chapter by chapter through the lavish array  of Darwin's facts. Original schemes along with the traced logic of the "Origin of species..." assist in this task. The book contains the Historical Chapter with facts from the biography of Charles Darwin, which are unknown to the wide auditorium.

Emelyanova, A.A., Zinoviev, A.V. 2006. The Theory of Evolution: Teaching Manual. Tver: Tver State Univ. Publ. 144 p. (in Russian).

The book here presented is a work aimed to make the study of Darwin's "Origin of species..." easier. Written in live and colorful language it helps to go chapter by chapter through the lavish array  of Darwin's facts. Original schemes along with the traced logic of the "Origin of species..." assist in this task. The book contains the Historical Chapter with facts from the biography of Charles Darwin, which are unknown to the wide auditorium.

Emelyanova, A.A., Zinoviev, A.V. 2007. The Theory of Evolution: Basic Concepts and Terms. Tver: Tver State Univ. Publ. 96p. (in Russian).

The book presented here is a teaching manual, containing 297 most frequently used biological terms and concepts. Modern scientific achievments in the field are included. Book can be used, while preparing to seminars, labs as well as in self-instruction.

Zinoviev, A.V. Comparative anatomy, structural modifications and adaptive evolution of avian apparatus of bipedal locomotion. Moscow: KMK Scientific Press Ltd. 285 p. (in Russian).

The book summarizes the results of the original morpho-functional/morpho-ecological approach to the study of skeleton, muscles and ligaments of avian apparatus of bipedal locomotion. For the first time the comparative anatomy of the avian system of terrestrial locomotion is covered in so many details. This coverage is combined with the unique historical review extending over the period of two thousand years. Morphological descriptions of hindlimb muscles and aponeuroses are unified and accompanied by rational suggestions to follow strict rules in dissecting and describing the avian hindlimbs. Several morphological structures important for understanding of avian adaptive evolution are described and analyzed. Their effectiveness in combination with specially developed biomechanical model is successfully checked in reconstruction of evolution of charadrii-, coracii-, trogoni-, cuculi- and passeriforms. Theoretical basics of the system approach developed in the work are applied to the revealing of the key moments in the evolution of the avian apparatus of bipedal locomotion.

This book is of particular interest for avian morphologist, as well as for ornithologists, zoologists, paleontologists, evolutionists and broad specialists in the field of vertebrate morphology. The book also can be used in high schools as a reference to study the avian anatomy.

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