GLG 598/490 xxxSpring '00

Gravity and Biology
Emily Holton, NASA Ames

 

 

AMPHIBIANS

    MAJOR FINDINGS

  • A vertebrate can ovulate in the virtual absense of gravity

  • Rotation of egg in space not essential for development

  • Thicker blastocoel roof without obvious tadpole defects

  • Eggs can develop to a free-living system in space

  • Lungs of flight tadpoles did not inflate

Souza, K.A., S.D. Black, and R. J. Wassersug. Amphibian development in the virtual absence of gravity. PNAS 92:1975-1978, 1995.

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