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Environmental radiation exposure at Chornobyl has not systematically affected the genomes or chemical mutagen tolerance phenotypes of local worms.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 12 Mar 2024
Tintori Sophia C, Çağlar Derin, Ortiz Patrick, Chyzhevskyi Ihor, Mousseau Timothy A, Rockman Matthew V
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The 1986 disaster at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant transformed the surrounding region into the most radioactive landscape known on the planet. Whether or not this sudden environmental shift selected for species, or even individuals within a species, that are naturally more resistant to mutagen exposure remains an open question. In this study, we collected, cultured, and cryopreserved 298 wild nematode...
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