Behavioral biology of mammalian reproduction and development for a space station
Space Station research includes two kinds of adaption to space: somatic (the adjustments made by an organism, within its lifetime, in response to local conditions), and transgenerational adaption (continuous exposure across sequential life cycles of genetic descendents). Transgen
Selection note: Curated for an early behavioral-biology framing of mammalian transgenerational adaptation to spaceflight, a historically important statement of the multigenerational research problem.
Evidence boundary: This is old, proposal-oriented context and does not establish adaptation, safety, heritability, or acceptable ethics. Full methods and outcomes were not validated; it is not reproductive or medical claim evidence.
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ntrs-19840015024
Topic
reproduction-genetics
Type
Contractor Report (CR)
Publisher
Legacy CDMS
Authors
Alberts, J. R.
Year
1983
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Space Station research includes two kinds of adaption to space: somatic (the adjustments made by an organism, within its lifetime, in response to local conditions), and transgenerational adaption (continuous exposure across sequential life cycles of genetic descendents). Transgenerational effects are akin to evolutionary process. Areas of a life Sciences Program in a space station address the questions of the behavioral biology of mammalian reproduction and development, using the Norway rat as the focus of experimentation.
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This is old, proposal-oriented context and does not establish adaptation, safety, heritability, or acceptable ethics. Full methods and outcomes were not validated; it is not reproductive or medical claim evidence.
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