Post-flight histological analysis of turtles aboard Zond 7.
On the occasion of the flight of Zond 7 four turtles were included in the payload. A detailed histological analysis was carried out upon recovery of the subjects. No gross changes were observed, but the nuclei in the cells of many tissues decreased in volume by a statistically significant amount. This decrease is assumed to correspond to certain changes in function which adapted the animal to space flight conditions. No pathological changes were observed.
Sutulov
L S
LS
USSR.
Kulkin
S G
SG
Saxonov
P P
PP
Sutulov
J L
JL
Konnova
N I
NI
Truchina
L V
LV
Severgina
E S
ES
Samsonova
L L
LL
Sonina
S N
SN
Selivanova
T V
TV
Solovyev
V I
VI
D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D000818:Animals; D002467:Cell Nucleus; D004912:Erythrocytes; D017933:Peripheral Nervous System; D013026:Space Flight; D014426:Turtles / Q000502:physiology*; D014781:Viscera; D014893:Weightlessness