Anther‐smut fungi from more contaminated sites in Chernobyl show lower infection ability and lower viability following experimental irradiation
Abstract The long‐term contamination that followed the nuclear disaster at Chernobyl provides a case study for the effects of chronic ionizing radiation on living organisms and on their ability to tolerate or evolve resistance to such radiation. Previously, we studied the fertility and viability of...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2020-07-01
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Series: | Ecology and Evolution |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6376 |