The effects of natural variation in background radioactivity on humans, animals and other organisms.

doi:10.1111/j.1469-185X.2012.00249.x

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The effects of natural variation in background radioactivity on humans, animals and other organisms.

Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society - 1 Feb 2013

Møller Anders P, Mousseau Timothy A

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Natural levels of radioactivity on the Earth vary by more than a thousand-fold; this spatial heterogeneity may suffice to create heterogeneous effects on physiology, mutation and selection. We review the literature on the relationship between variation in natural levels of radioactivity and evolution. First, we consider the effects of natural levels of radiation on mutations, DNA repair and genetics. A total of...

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Adaptation, Physiological
Animals
Background Radiation
Biological Evolution
Humans
Mutation

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PMID: 23136873
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-185X.2012.00249.x

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