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Genetic diversity in Scots pine populations along a radiation exposure gradient.
The Science of the total environment - 15 Oct 2014
Geras'kin Stanislav A, Volkova Polina Yu
Abstract excerpt
Polymorphisms of antioxidant enzymes were studied in the endosperm and embryos of seeds from Scots pine populations inhabiting sites in the Bryansk region of Russia radioactively contaminated as a result of the Chernobyl accident. Chronic radiation exposure at dose rates from 0.8 μGy/h led to a significant increase in the rate of enzymatic loci mutations. The main parameters of genetic variability of the affected...
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