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Spaceflight alters plastid positioning and tropisms (Ceratodon)

Claim that spaceflight (STS-87) affects tropisms and plastid positioning in moss Ceratodon purpureus.

Confidence
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Evidence Quote

“Spaceflight (STS-87) alters tropisms and plastid positioning in moss”

Relationship

Spaceflight exposure (Ceratodon purpureus moss) alters Plastid positioning and tropisms (Ceratodon purpureus)

Arguments

Spaceflight exposure (Ceratodon purpureus moss)subject
Plastid positioning and tropisms (Ceratodon purpureus)object

Connections (2)

Abiotic stress and microgravity generalize across plant response typesInferenceChain
Spaceflight alters plant gene expressionAssociation

Evidence

“Reference to Kern & Sack (2001), Adv Space Res 27:941–949, about effects of spaceflight (STS-87) on tropisms and plastid positioning in Ceratodon purpureus moss.”

(2001). Effects of spaceflight (STS-87) on tropisms and plastid positioning in protonemata of the moss Ceratodon purpureus