Article
Cosmic radiation and evolution of life on earth: roles of environment, adaptation and selection.
Advances in space research : the official journal of the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) - 1 Oct 1994
Todd P
Abstract excerpt
The role of ionizing radiation in general, and cosmic radiation in particular, in the evolution of organisms on the earth by adaptation and natural selection is considered in a series of questions: (1) Are there times during the evolution of the earth and of life when genetic material could be exposed to heavy ion radiation? (2) Throughout the course of chemical and biological evolution on the earth, what...
Topics
- Animals
- Biological Evolution
- Cosmic Radiation
- DNA Repair
- DNA Replication
- Earth, Planet
- Mutagenesis
- Mutation
- Origin of Life
- Plants
- Radiation Tolerance