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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Main Authors: Sylvie Arnaise, Jacqui A. Shykoff, Anders P. Møller, Timothy A. Mousseau, Tatiana Giraud
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-07-01
Series:Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6376