T H E DEVELOPMENT OF S E E D L I N G SHOOTS U N D E R SPACE F L I G H T CONDITIONS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface V
3. Contents List VII
4. Gravitational Biology Continuity and Proportionality of Acceleration Effects
5. HUMAN SENSITIVITY TO GRAVITY (ON THE PROBLEM OF GRAVIPREFERENDUM) 3
6. RESPONSE AND ADAPTATION OF BEAGLE DOGS TO HYPERGRAVITY 11
7. BODY COMPOSITION CHANGES WHICH ARE PROPORTIONAL TO CHRONIC ACCELERATION 19
8. GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS ON BODY COMPOSITION IN BIRDS 21
9. THE INFLUENCE OF VARIABLE GRAVITATIONAL FIELDS ON THE EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT OF SOME ECAUDATE AMPHIBIANS 29
10. OTOLITH FUNCTIONS IN WEIGHTLESSNESS 33
11. EFFECT OF 14 DAYS OF BED REST ON URINE METABOLITE EXCRETION AND PLASMA ENZYME LEVELS 41
12. INFLUENCE OF SIMULATED WEIGHTLESSNESS ON THE RATE OF ANOMALIES OF THE FLOUR BEETLE 49
13. T H E DEVELOPMENT OF S E E D L I N G SHOOTS U N D E R SPACE F L I G H T CONDITIONS 53
14. CORRESPONDENT GROUP FOR NOMENCLATURE AND TERMINOLOGY IN GRAVITATIONAL BIOLOGY 59
15. Exobiology Review of the Concept and Subject Area of Exobiology
16. IS THE DETECTION OF OPTICAL ACTIVITY IN EXTRATERRESTRIAL SAMPLES A SAFE INDICATOR FOR LIFE? 63
17. RADIO-CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS OF AMINO ACIDS IN AQUEOUS MEDIA CONTAINING CARBOHYDRATES, HYDROCARBONS AND NITRATES 71
18. SOME CONSIDERATIONS OF THE THEORETICAL LIMITS FOR LIVING ORGANISMS 75
19. MEMBRANE DAMAGE IN DEHYDRATED BACTERIA AND ITS REPAIR 83
20. Planetary Quarantine
21. FROM MARS WITH LOYE 91
22. S E L F S T E R I L I Z A T I O N OF B O D I E S D U R I N G O U T E R P L A N E T E N T R Y 95
23. NEW METHODOLOGY FOR ASSESSING THE PROBABILITY OF CONTAMINATING MARS 103
24. CONSIDERATION OF PROBABILITY OF BACTERIAL GROWTH FOR JOYIAN PLANETS AND THEIR SATELLITES 111
25. Radiation Biology
26. FLUX OF HIGH-LET COSMIC-RAY PARTICLES IN MANNED SPACE FLIGHT 121
27. THE STUDY OF THE RADIATION ENVIRONMENT IN NEAR-EARTH SPACE 129
28. PHYSICAL DOSIMETRIC EVALUATIONS IN THE APOLLO 16 MICROBIAL RESPONSE EXPERIMENT 135
29. EFFECTS OF SOLAR ULTRAVIOLET RADIATIONS ON Bacillus subtilis SPORES AND T7 BACTERIOPHAGE 143
30. CALCULATED FREQUENCY OF COSMIC RAY HEAVY NUCLEI ENDERS INSIDE A SPACE SHIP 151
31. Radiobiological Results of the Biostack Experiment on board Apollo 16 and 17 153
32. RESULTS OF THE Bacillus subtilis UNIT OF THE BIOSTACK II EXPERIMENT: PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF INDIVIDUAL COSMIC HZE PARTICLES 161
33. MODIFYING EFFECT OF DYNAMIC SPACE FLIGHT FACTORS ON RADIATION DAMAGE OF AIR-DRY SEEDS OF Crepis capillaris (L) WALLR 167
34. EFFECTS OF SPACE BALLOON FLIGHTS ON REPRODUCTIVE ACTIVITY IN Paramecium aurelia 173
35. THE EFFECT OF IONIZING RADIATIONS WITH DIFFERENT LET ON SURVIVAL AND MUTATION IN Chlorella 181
36. PECULIARITIES OF BIOLOGICAL ACTION OF HADRONS OF SPACE RADIATION 187
37. INDEX OF AUTHORS 195