The mathematical models presented in these web pages, and some of the background research, are described in much more detail in the following publications:

Moore, D. (1991). Perception and response to gravity in higher fungi - a critical appraisal. New Phytologist 117, 3-23. [DOWNLOAD the PDF file of the published paper]

Kher, K., Greening, J. P., Hatton, J. P., Novak Frazer, L. A. & Moore, D. (1992). Kinetics and mechanics of gravitropism in Coprinus cinereus. Mycological Research 96, 817-824. [DOWNLOAD the PDF file of the published paper]

Hatton, J. P. & Moore, D. (1992). Kinetics of stem gravitropism in Coprinus cinereus: determination of presentation time and 'dosage-response' relationships using clinostats. FEMS Microbiology Letters 100, 81-86. [DOWNLOAD the PDF file of the published paper]

Greening, J. P., Holden, J. & Moore, D. (1993). Distribution of mechanical stress is not involved in regulating stem gravitropism in Coprinus cinereus. Mycological Research 97, 1001-1004. [DOWNLOAD the PDF file of the published paper]

Novak Frazer, L. & Moore, D. (1993). Antagonists and inhibitors of calcium accumulation do not impair gravity perception though they adversely affect the gravitropic responses of Coprinus cinereus stipes. Mycological Research 97, 1113-1118. [DOWNLOAD the PDF file of the published paper]

Moore, D. Greening, J. P., Hatton, J. P. & Novak Frazer, L. (1994). Gravitational biology of mushrooms: a flow-chart approach to characterising processes and mechanisms. Microgravity Quarterly 4, 21-24. [DOWNLOAD the PDF file of the published paper]

Hatton, J. P. & Moore, D. (1994). Kinetics of stipe gravitropism in the mushroom fungus Coprinus cinereus under the conditions of microgravity simulation provided by clinostat treatment. Microgravity Quarterly 4, 101-106.
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Moore, D., Novak Frazer, L., Hatton, J. P., Greening, J. P., Bourne, A. M. & Robson, G. D. (1994). Gravitropic reactions of the mushroom fruit body of Coprinus cinereus. In Proceedings of the 5th European Symposium on Life Sciences Research in Space, (ed. H. Oser & T. D. Guyenne), pp. 133-138. European Space Agency Publications Division, ESTEC: Noordwijk, The Netherlands. [DOWNLOAD the PDF file of the published paper]

Stočkus A*. 1994a. Basic assumptions and comparison of three gravitropic response models. Advances in Space Research, 14: 145-148.

Stočkus A*. 1994b. Diagravitropic response in primary plagiogravitropic corn roots. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 34: 87-94.

Stočkus A*& Moore D. 1996. Comparison of plant and fungal gravitropic responses using imitational modelling. Plant, Cell & Environment, 19: 787-800. [DOWNLOAD the PDF file of the published paper]

Moore, D. (1996). Graviresponses in fungi. Advances in Space Research 17 (6/7), 73-82. [DOWNLOAD the PDF file of the published paper]

Greening, J. P. & Moore, D. (1996). Morphometric analysis of cell size patterning involved in gravitropic curvature of the stipe of Coprinus cinereus. Advances in Space Research 17 (6/7), 83-86. [DOWNLOAD the PDF file of the published paper]

Novak Frazer, L. & Moore, D. (1996). The role of calcium accumulation and the cytoskeleton in the perception and response of Coprinus cinereus to gravity. Advances in Space Research 17 (6/7), 87-90. [DOWNLOAD the PDF file of the published paper]

Moore, D., Hock, B., Greening, J. P., Kern, V. D., Novak Frazer, L. & Monzer, J. (1996). Centenary review. Gravimorphogenesis in agarics. Mycological Research 100, 257-273. [DOWNLOAD the PDF file of the published paper]

Greening, J. P., Sánchez, C. & Moore, D. (1997). Coordinated cell elongation alone drives tropic bending in  stems of the mushroom fruit body of Coprinus cinereus. Canadian Journal of Botany 75, 1174-1181. [DOWNLOAD the PDF file of the published paper]

Moore, D. & Stočkus, A* (1998). Comparing plant and fungal gravitropism using imitational models based on reiterative computation. Advances in Space Research 21 (8/9), 1179-1182. [DOWNLOAD the PDF file of the published paper]

Moore D. (1998). Presidential Address. Mushrooms upright, sideways and inside-out. Mycological Research 102, 641-657. [DOWNLOAD the PDF file of the published paper]

Meškauskas A., Moore D. & Novak Frazer L. (1998). Mathematical modelling of morphogenesis in fungi. Spatial organization of the gravitropic response in the mushroom stem of Coprinus cinereus. New Phytologist 140, 111-123. [DOWNLOAD the PDF file of the published paper]

Meškauskas A., Moore D. & Novak Frazer L. (1999). Mathematical modelling of morphogenesis in fungi. 2. A key role for curvature compensation ('autotropism') in the local curvature distribution model. New Phytologist, 143, 387-399. [DOWNLOAD the PDF file of the published paper]

Meškauskas A., Jurkoniene S. & Moore D. (1999). Spatial organization of the gravitropic response in plants: applicability of the revised local curvature distribution model to Triticum aestivum coleoptiles. New Phytologist, 143, 401-407. [DOWNLOAD the PDF file of the published paper]

Moore, D., Meškauskas, A., Reeve, M. A., Sánchez, C. & Chiu, S W. (2000). Mushroom mechanics and mathematical models of mushroom morphogenesis. In Science and Cultivation of Edible Fungi, Mushroom Science XV, vol. 1 (ed. L. J. L. D. Van Griensven), pp. 103-107. Balkema: Rotterdam. [DOWNLOAD the PDF file of the published paper]

*Dr. Alvydas Stočkus was killed in an accident in February 1996.

If you have a more general interest in space life sciences, you may be interested in this book, which provides a critical review of the whole Space Life Sciences research field:

Moore, D., Bie, P. & Oser, H. (eds) (2012). Biological and Medical Research in Space; An Overview of Life Sciences Research in Microgravity. Berlin: Springer-Verlag. 569 pp. ISBN-10: 3642646948, ISBN-13: 978-3642646942. Softcover reprint of the original 1996 edition. CLICK HERE to view Amazon page [http://www.amazon.co.uk/Biological-Medical-Research-Space-Microgravity/dp/3642646948/ref=pd_rhf_gw_p_t_4].

Biological and Medical Research in Space

The book provides an overview of the field as the initial exploratory research phase came to an end at the end of the twentieth century. It comprises scientific reviews which have been prepared by recognized experts in Cell Biology, Human Physiology, Radiation Biology and Exobiology that together form the foundation for the in-depth experimental programmes which will become more accessible in the era of the International Space Station Alpha.

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