UID:
almafu_9959326929202883
Format:
1 online resource (xvii, 277 pages) :
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illustrations
ISBN:
9783527617005
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3527617000
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9783527616992
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3527616993
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1281239321
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9781281239327
Content:
This concise yet comprehensive treatment of the effects of spaceflight on biological systems includes issues at the forefront of life sciences research, such as gravitational biology, immune system response, bone cell formation and the effects of radiation on biosystems. Edited by a leading specialist at the European Space Agency (ESA) with contributions by internationally renowned experts, the chapters are based on the latest space laboratory experiments, including those on SPACELAB, ISS, parabolic flights and unmanned research satellites. An indispensable source for biologists, medical resea.
Note:
Biology in Space and Life on Earth; Contents; Foreword; Preface; List of Contributors; Introduction; 1 The Gravity Environment in Space Experiments; 2 Primary Responses of Gravity Sensing in Plants; 3 Physiological Responses of Higher Plants; 4 Development and Gravitropism of Lentil Seedling Roots Grown in Microgravity; 5 Biology of Adherent Cells in Microgravity; 6 Microgravity and Bone Cell Mechanosensitivity; 7 Bone Cell Biology in Microgravity; 8 Cells of the Immune System in Space (Lymphocytes).
Additional Edition:
Print version: Biology in space and life on earth. Weinheim : Wiley-VCH, ©2007 ISBN 9783527406685
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
DOI:
10.1002/9783527617005
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9783527617005
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9783527617005
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9783527617005
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