Fundamentals of Space Biology Research on Cells, Animals, and Plants in Space /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Clément, Gilles (Editor), Slenzka, Klaus (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2006.
• Series: THE SPACE TECHNOLOGY LIBRARY ; 18
• Subjects: Physics.; Life sciences.; Cell biology.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Space sciences.; Astrobiology.; Aerospace engineering.; Astronautics.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.; Life Sciences, general.; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.; Cell Biology.

This book is intended as an overview at the undergraduate or early university level and describes the effects of spaceflight at cellular and organism levels. Past, current, and future research on the effects of gravity--or its absence--and ionizing radiation on the evolution, development, and functi...

Table of Contents:

• to Space Biology
• Animals and Plants in Space
• Facilities for Gravitational Biology
• Cell Biology
• Animal Development in Microgravity
• Plant Development in Microgravity
• Radiation Biology
• Biotechnology in Space.