The development of Drosophila melanogaster during space flight
In prospective human exploration of outer space the need to maintain a species over several generations under changed gravity conditions may arise. This paper reports the analysis of the third generation of fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster obtained during the 44.5-day space flight (Foton-M4 satellite 2014 Russia) followed by the fourth generation on Earth and the fifth generation under conditions of a 12-day space flight (2014 in the Russian Segment of the ISS). The obtained results show that it is possible to obtain the third-fifth generations of a complex multicellular Earth organism under changed gravity conditions (in the cycle weightlessness - Earth - weightlessness) which preserves fertility and normal development. However there were a number of changes in the expression levels and content of cytoskeletal proteins that are the key components of the spindle apparatus and the contractile ring of cells.
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Gene expression profiling of C. elegans under various thermal conditions
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| description | In prospective human exploration of outer space the need to maintain a species over several generations under changed gravity conditions may arise. This paper reports the analysis of the third generation of fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster obtained during the 44.5-day space flight (Foton-M4 satellite 2014 Russia) followed by the fourth generation on Earth and the fifth generation under conditions of a 12-day space flight (2014 in the Russian Segment of the ISS). The obtained results show that it is possible to obtain the third-fifth generations of a complex multicellular Earth organism under changed gravity conditions (in the cycle weightlessness - Earth - weightlessness) which preserves fertility and normal development. However there were a number of changes in the expression levels and content of cytoskeletal proteins that are the key components of the spindle apparatus and the contractile ring of cells. |
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| identifier | nasa_genelab_GLDS-96_8wbt-pycv |
| issued | 2021-05-21 |
| keyword |
[ "data-transformation", "genelab-rnaseq-data-processing-protocol", "generation", "growth-protocol", "library-construction", "nucleic-acid-extraction", "nucleic-acid-sequencing", "sequence-analysis-data-transformation", "spaceflight", "time" ] |
| landingPage | https://data.nasa.gov/dataset/the-development-of-drosophila-melanogaster-during-space-flight |
| license | http://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/ |
| modified | 2025-04-23 |
| programCode |
[ "026:005" ] |
| publisher |
{ "name": "National Aeronautics and Space Administration", "@type": "org:Organization" } |
| theme |
[ "Earth Science" ] |
| title | The development of Drosophila melanogaster during space flight |
