tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5109390741389284924.post6814138670163849832..comments2024-01-28T15:58:03.416-05:00Comments on Burger's Onion: Ginkgo, and the Trouble with Living FossilsMatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15192660491064861917noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5109390741389284924.post-20864582386076088672010-12-20T16:29:35.785-05:002010-12-20T16:29:35.785-05:00Branko Begović-Bego: Yes, you have permission to r...Branko Begović-Bego: Yes, you have permission to reprint my Ginkgo photos, with credit to me as you suggest. I'll be looking forward to seeing your publication!Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15192660491064861917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5109390741389284924.post-30988108689384124182010-12-15T09:57:55.119-05:002010-12-15T09:57:55.119-05:00Request - Book "Ginkgo biloba L. 1771 - All a...Request - Book "Ginkgo biloba L. 1771 - All about ginkgo (or maidenhair tree)" Vol 1-3<br /><br />Dear!<br />I live in Croatia (Europe) and write a book about ginkgo for print. Type of the book is: scientifically-popular.<br />My question is:<br />if you allow me to publish a smaller photographs with your web site? Photographs is Ginkgo biloba in Tokyo and Saitama, Japan (http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YzDIRWtvZRU/SZQctvLXg3I/AAAAAAAAAow/fQkHFVP_ObI/s320/washinomiya_shrine_ginkgo.JPG and http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YzDIRWtvZRU/SZQct-dClkI/AAAAAAAAAo4/eG9yFox0RQY/s320/university_tokyo_ginkgo.JPG ), or (maybe - some) other photographs of your choice (about ginkgo)?<br /><br />Photographs has been signed (your quote-citation) in Vol 1 my book: "Ginkgo lined walkway at the University of Tokyo“ and "Old Ginkgo tree at Washinomiya Shrine, Saitama, Japan. This individual has been coppiced: the original trunk was cut, and the tree is resprouting with multiple stems.“ <br /><br />Source: (http://burgersonion.blogspot.com/2009/02/ginkgo-and-trouble-with-living-fossils.html ). The photos was published good deed web site Mr Matt Opel, Connecticut, USA (http://burgersonion.blogspot.com/ )." - or how you want it?<br /><br />(+ "Special thanks"... ) <br />I send you the example of books in pdf - early 2011.<br /><br />View please Contents (Vol 1-3) here: http://www.ginkgoinfo.blogspot.com/ or http://ginkgo-biloba1771ginkgoeu.blogspot.com/ <br /><br />Many thanks in advance!<br />Big regards!<br />B.M. Branko Begovic (Croatia)• Branko Begović - Bego •https://www.blogger.com/profile/09074177112436637951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5109390741389284924.post-1793727567967779042009-03-02T16:57:00.000-05:002009-03-02T16:57:00.000-05:00Rhipsalis: Your points about some fossil Ginkgophy...Rhipsalis: Your points about some fossil Ginkgophyta being very similar to the modern incarnation, and the possibility of stabilizing selection, are well taken. <BR/><BR/>As with insects, some flowering plants (Tulip Trees, <I>Cercidiphyllum</I>) are considered "living fossils." But I think that the situation is the same as what I described for Ginkgo, just at a lower taxonomic level. <BR/><BR/>I guess my basic point is, everything alive today is an extreme survivor: a more or less altered descendant of something that grew in a Carboniferous swamp or swam in Devonian tide pools.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15192660491064861917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5109390741389284924.post-58596326370380193202009-03-02T13:03:00.000-05:002009-03-02T13:03:00.000-05:00"many of the ancient ginkgophytes don’t resemble t..."many of the ancient ginkgophytes don’t resemble the modern street tree in the slightest"<BR/>However, SOME of them are almost identical<BR/><BR/>"The basic workings of genetics imply that it is essentially impossible for a real world population to remain genetically static from one generation to the next, let alone for millions of generations."<BR/>Yes, but...even if the organism's genetics haven't been static, its morphology and ecology may have remained relatively static. Selection pressure may have been to keep the organism unchanged rather than to change it. <BR/><BR/>"If ... thousands of species of Ginkgophyta had survived into the present, ... nobody would call them living fossils, never mind that they bore similarities to certain fossil remains."<BR/>The 'living fossil' tag is attached to the Gingko species/genus, not the division. There are "living fossil" insects, but no one would say that the Insecta are are living fossils. As well, I would consider <BR/><BR/>Maybe a better term could be "extreme survivor", but that sounds too 2000's.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5109390741389284924.post-12264424095302785382009-02-15T10:07:00.000-05:002009-02-15T10:07:00.000-05:00I guess a lot of people aren't familiar with Ginkg...I guess a lot of people aren't familiar with <I>Ginkgo</I>, except ground up in pill form!Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15192660491064861917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5109390741389284924.post-52315869083453045102009-02-13T18:09:00.000-05:002009-02-13T18:09:00.000-05:00OMG...this is actually funny...I always thought Gi...OMG...this is actually funny...I always thought Ginko was a little herb bush!!! LOLOL. This makes me feel like maybe I don't actually know everything in the world!!! <BR/><BR/>Thanks for showing these beautful trees!Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04402220963886597754noreply@blogger.com