| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 258 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Developmental and cell biology series ; 40
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Developmental and cell biology series ; 40.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-250) and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Abbreviations; Preface; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Historical background; 1.2 Definitions; 1.3 Ecological signi.cance; 2 Methods in Gravitational Biology; 2.1 Horizontal microscopes and clinostats; 2.2 Free-fall machine; 2.3 Drop facilities: towers, shafts, and balloons; 2.4 Parabolic .ights; 2.5 Centrifuges; 2.6 Shuttles, satellites, and space stations; 2.7 Direct manipulation of gravisensors; 3 Image Analysis; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Hardware; 3.3 Software; 3.4 Fluorescence imaging; 4 Ciliates; 4.1 Paramecium; 4.2 Loxodes. |
| Summary |
How do single cells know where is up and down? What is their ecological benefit? How can they be used to study the mechanisms of gravity perception? Historical and current approaches are summarised in order to answer these basic questions of interest to biologists as well as space and gravitational scientists. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Gravity -- Physiological effect.
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Gravity -- Physiological effect. |
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Unicellular organisms.
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Unicellular organisms. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Hemmersbach, Ruth, 1958-
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Lebert, Michael, 1959-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Häder, Donat-Peter. Gravity and the behavior of unicellular organisms. New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2005 0521845254 0521820529 (DLC) 2004055079 (OCoLC)55960930 |
| ISBN |
0511109679 (electronic book) |
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9780511109676 (electronic book) |
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0511109369 |
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9780511109362 |
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0521845254 (Cloth) |
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9786610422166 |
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6610422168 |
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0521820529 |
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9780521845250 |
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0521845254 |
| Standard No. |
9780521845250 |
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