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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-3-6
pubmed:abstractText
In order to reveal the biological significance of gravity, microgravity effects have been studied at the cellular, organism and population levels. The following questions arise. Do any gravity-dependent processes exist in a cell? Is cell adaptation to weightlessness possible; if so, what role may cytoskeleton, the genetic apparatus play in it? What are the consequences of the lack of convection in weightlessness for the performance of morphogenesis? Do the integral characteristics of living beings change in weightlessness? Is there any change in "biological capacity" of space, its resistance to expansion of life? What are the direction and intensity of microgravity action as a factor of natural selection, the driving force of evolution? These problems are discussed from a theoretical point of view, and in the light of results obtained in experiments from aboard biosatellites "Cosmos".
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
S
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0273-1177
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
12
pubmed:owner
NASA
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
27-32
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Biological role of gravity: hypotheses and results of experiments on "Cosmos" biosatellites.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Biomedical Problems, Moscow, USSR.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review