Gravity Induced Absorption Changes in <Emphasis Type="Italic">Phycomyces blakesleanus</Emphasis> and Coleoptiles of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Zea mays</Emphasis> as Measured on the Drop Tower in Bremen (FRG) |
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Authors: | Werner Schmidt |
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Affiliation: | 1.Fachbereich Biologie,Philipps-Universit?t Marburg,Marburg,Germany |
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Abstract: | Various spectroscopic experiments performed on the AIRBUS ZERO G in the years 2002 to 2007 clearly exhibited optical reflection
changes as a result of gravitational changes (GIAC = Gravity Induced Absorption Change) in Phycomyces sporangiophores and corn coleoptiles. GIACs that occurred during flight parabolas in response to hyper- and microgravity
were detected by a micro dual wavelength spectrometer (MDWS) for wavelengths pairs in the visible and the near infrared. We
assume that GIACs indicate redox-changes of electron transport components such as flavins and cytochromes. Because microgravity
on the AIRBUS 300 ZERO G only amounts to moderate values of ±4 ×10 − 2
g, i.e. far below sensitivity of the MDWS, we performed an experiment on the drop tower in Bremen (Germany) that generates
microgravity as low as 4 ×10 − 5
g for 4.7 s. We detected small but significant GIACs during the microgravity phase, different in various specimen. |
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