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Mar 2021
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27. Как слоны и киты стали такими больши...

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В 1977 году статистик и эпидемиолог Ричард Пето сформулировал парадоксальную мысль: киты и слоны такие огромные, что они вообще невозможны. Дело в том, что при таком размере млекопитающего количество делений клеток в его организме должно неизбежно приводить к возникновению рака. Но они же как-то сущестуют! В последние недели вышли сразу два исследования, кот ... Show More
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