title: [Gravity and animal development].
abstract: Based on the literature data and the author's findings, a comparative-and-physiological analysis of the responses of the animals of a different evolutionary level to micro- and hypergravity has been attempted. The experimental data accumulated by this time show a good fit to N.N.Sirotinin's concept about an evolution of the resistance and the reactivity: the high tolerance to a changed gravity in the insects, the presence of reaction in fish and amphibians mainly in most early developmental stages or in reduced (having high sensitivity) lay, a wide range of the responses to a changed gravity in birds and mammals. The investigative prospects in the field of gravitational biology of the development are discussed.
authors.forename: L V
authors.initials: LV
authors.lastname: Serova
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D005075:Biological Evolution; D015509:Developmental Biology; D005314:Embryonic and Fetal Development / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006112:Gravitation; D011247:Pregnancy; D011270:Pregnancy, Animal / Q000502:physiology*
vernacular_title: Sila tiazhesti i razvitie zhivotnykh.