Developmental, Reproductive & Evolutionary Biology Program

Check out the recent publications from participating NASA scientists, Principal Investigators, and contributors from universities and labs around the world:

Developmental, nutritional and hormonal anomalies of weightlessness-grown wheat.
Carman, J. G., Hole, P., Salisbury, F. B., & Bingham, G. E. (2015). Life Sci Space Res (Amst), 6, 59-68. DOI:10.1016/j.lssr.2015.07.005

L-Dopa Reverses Behavioral Deficits In The Pitx3 Mouse Fetus.
Behavioral Neuroscience, 2014 Dec;128(6):749-59
Kleven, G.A., Booth, H.M., Voogd, M., & Ronca, A.E.
DOI: 10.1037/bne0000016.

Effects Of Sex And Gender On Adaptation To Space: Reproductive Considerations.
Journal of Women’s Health (Larchmt). 2014 Nov;23(11):967-74.
Ronca, A.E., Baker, E.S., Bavendam, T.G., Beck, K.D., Miller, V.M., Tash, J.S., Jenkins, M.
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2014.4915.

Mammalian Reproduction and Development on the International Space Station (ISS): Proceedings of the Rodent Mark III Habitat Workshop.
Gravitational and Space Research, 2013 Oct 31;1(1):107-123.
Ronca, A.E., Alwood, J.S., Globus, R.K., & Souza, K.S.

Spaceflight Enhances Cell Aggregation and Random Budding in Candida albicans.
Crabbe, A….Nickerson, C.A. (2013). PLoS One, 4;8(12):e80677. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0080677

Hypergravity disruption of homeorhetic adaptations to lactation in rat dams include changes in circadian clocks.
Casey T, Zakrzewska EI, Maple RL, Lintault L, Wade CE, Baer LA, Ronca AE, Plaut K. Biology Open. 2012 Jun 15;1(6):570-81. Epub 2012 Apr 30.

Translating Basic Research To Astronaut Health In Space: NASA Ames Rodent Specimen Biobanking For The Human Research Program.
Gravitational Physiology, in press.
Ronca, A.E., Smith, J.D., & French, A.J.

Overview Of Translational Cell And Animal Research Managed By Ames: 1965 – 2012.
Gravitational Physiology, in press.
Mains, R.F., Smith, J.D., Alwood, J.S., French, A.J., & Ronca, A.E.

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