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Extremely complex pattern of microsatellite mutation in the germline of wheat exposed to the post-Chernobyl radioactive contamination.
Mutation research - 9 Apr 2003
Kovalchuk Olga, Kovalchuk Igor, Arkhipov Andrey, Hohn Barbara, Dubrova Yuri E
Abstract excerpt
The molecular structure of rare variants at 13 microsatellite loci found in a population of wheat plants grown for one generation in the heavily contaminated 30 km exclusion zone around the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant and in a control population was compared. Evidence for rare alterations (variants) was obtained for all 13 loci, including gain and loss of repeats, as well as the complete loss of microsatellite...
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