the stem base. Cellular components involved in gravity sensing were also altered in the ISS
environment.
PUBLICATION(S)
Rioux D, Lagace M, Cohen LY, Beaulieu J. Variation in stem morphology and movement of
amyloplasts in white spruce grown in the weightless environment of the International Space
Station. Life Sciences in Space Research. 2015;4:67-78. doi: 10.1016/j.issr.2015.01.004.
Beaulieu J, Giguère I, Deslauriers M, Boyle B, Mackay J. Differential gene expression patterns in
white spruce newly formed tissue on board the International Space Station. Advances in Space
Research. 2013;52(4):760–772. doi: 10.1016/j.asr.2013.05.004.
This investigation is ongoing and additional results are pending publication.