Life Sciences and Space Research. Proceedings of the Open Meeting of the Working Group on Space Biology of the Twenty-Second Plenary Meeting of COSPAR, Bangalore, India, 29 May–9 June 1979

Content: 
Inside Front Cover, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
PREFACE, Page ix, Richard Holmquist
ORIGIN AND CHEMISTRY OF COMETS, Pages 3-17, A.H. Delsemme
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS IN METEORITES, Pages 19-27, J.G. Lawless
CHEMICAL REACTIVITIES OF SOME INTERSTELLAR MOLECULES, Pages 29-35, M.S. Chadha
A MECHANISM FOR THE FORMATION OF GLYCINE, ADENINE AND GUANINE IN INTERSTELLAR SPACE, Pages 37-42, K.K. Ghosh, S.N. Ghosh
ON THE POSSIBILITY OF LIFE ON MARS, Pages 45-51, A.A. Imshenetsky, B.G. Murzakov, M.D. Evdokimova, I.K. Dorofeyeva, L.A. Kuzjurina, V.M. Jakshina
DESCRIPTION OF AN APPARATUS FOR STUDYING MICRO-ORGANISMS IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE, Pages 53-58, S.V. Lysenko, G.A. Kazakov, A.V. Fedynski
FURTHER STUDIES ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL CAPABILITIES OF FUNGI: INTERACTIONS OF SALINITY, ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION, AND TEMPERATURE IN PENICILLIUM, Pages 59-64, B.Z. Siegel, S.M. Siegel
THE CONTRIBUTION OF COMETARY VOLATILES TO THE PRIMITIVE EARTH, Pages 67-82, J. Oro, G. Holzer, A. Lazcano-Araujo
THE POSSIBLE ROLE OF METAL IONS AND CLAYS IN PREBIOTIC CHEMISTRY, Pages 83-88, J.G. Lawless, E.H. Edelson
THE INFLUENCE OF LIFE ON THE EVOLUTION OF THE ATMOSPHERE, Pages 89-100, J.C.G. Walker
EARLY PHOTOSYNTHETIC MICROORGANISMS AND ENVIRONMENTAL EVOLUTION, Pages 101-107, Stjepko Golubic
LIPIDS AS A PRINCIPLE FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF ARCHAEBACTERIA, Pages 109-121, T.G. Tornabene, R.E. Lloyd, G. Holzer, J. Oro
RECENT RADIOBIOLOGICAL FINDINGS FROM SPACEFLIGHT AND GROUND-BASED STUDIES—AN OVERVIEW, Pages 125-130, H. Bücker, R. Facius
LATE DEGENERATION IN RABBIT TISSUES AFTER IRRADIATION BY HEAVY IONS, Pages 131-142, J.T. Lett, A.B. Cox, P.C. Keng, A.C. Lee, C.M. Su, D.S. Bergtold
PREDICTED LET-SPECTRA OF HZE-PARTICLES FOR THE FREE FLYER BIOSTACK EXPERIMENT ON THE LONG DURATION EXPOSURE FACILITY MISSION, Pages 143-152, W. Heinrich
A SCLEROCORNEAL ELECTRODE FOR THE STUDY OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF PRIMATE VISION UNDER CONDITION OF SPACE FLIGHT, Pages 153-157, Y. Grall, R. Dudragne, J. Keller, C. Menguy, C. Milhaud
GENETIC EFFECTS OF SPACE HADRONS ON BACTERIOPHAGE UNDER ALPINE CONDITIONS, Pages 159-165, S.S. Yurov, V.S. Belkin, G.A. Leont'eva, I.N. Knjaseva, E.G. Mozgovoy, A.M. Kuzin, I.G. Akoev
PHYSIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF AUTOMATIC PHYSICAL TRAINING CONTROL BY BIOFEEDBACK IN WEIGHTLESSNESS, Pages 169-173, S. Barański, L. Markiewicz, Z. Sarol
PHYSIOLOGICAL REACTIONS DURING ACUTE ADAPTATION TO REDUCED GRAVITY, Pages 175-179, E.B. Shulzhenko, R.A. Tigranyan, V.E. Panfilov, I.I. Bzhalava
ETUDE PRÉLIMINAIRE DE L'EQUILIBRE VESTIBULAIRE CHEZ LE PRIMATE DANS LES CONDITIONS DE VOL SPATIAL, Pages 181-185, M. Burgeat, D. Loth, C. Menguy, M. Toupet, P.C. Pesquies
VARIATIONS IN THE RECOMBINATION RATE OF DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER INDUCED BY BALLOON FLIGHT, Pages 187-191, J. Proust, M.C. Giess, C. Prudhommeau, H. Planel
GRAVITY AND LAND PLANT EVOLUTION: EXPERIMENTAL INDUCTION OF LIGNIFICATION BY SIMULATED HYPERGRAVITY AND WATER STRESS, Pages 193-198, N. Chen, S.M. Siegel, B.Z. Siegel
BIOLOGICAL STUDIES OF CHLORELLA PYRENOIDOSA (STRAIN LARG-1) CULTURES GROWN UNDER SPACE FLIGHT CONDITIONS, Pages 199-204, V.A. Kordyum, E.Ya. Shepelev, G.I. Meleshko, I. Setlik, E.L. Kordyum, K.M. Sytnik, A.L. Mashinsky, A.F. Popova, N.P. Dubinin, E.N. Vaulina, L.V. Polivoda
DEVELOPMENT OF HIGHER FUNGI UNDER WEIGHTLESSNESS, Pages 205-211, T.B. Kasatkina, G.G. Zharikova, A.B. Rubin, L.R. Palmbakh, E.N. Vaulina, A.L. Mashinsky
GROWTH AND CELL STRUCTURE OF PROTEUS VULGARIS WHEN CULTIVATED IN WEIGHTLESSNESS IN THE CYTOS APPARATUS, Pages 213-218, V.A. Kordyum, A.L. Mashinsky, V.G. Man'ko, V.G. Babski, K.M. Sytnik, E.L. Kordyum, O.P. Bochagova, Yu.L. Nefedov, V.I. Kozharinov, G.M. Grechko
AUTHOR INDEX, Pages 219-220