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Chernobyl’s Dogs Are Transforming at Record Speed – What Radiation Is Really Doing to Their DNA

Chernobyl’s Dogs Are Transforming at Record Speed – What Radiation Is Really Doing to Their DNA

A genetic study conducted by the University of South Carolina and the National Human Genome Research Institute, published in Science Advances, has uncovered that dogs living within the Chernobyl exclusion zone (CEZ) show distinct genetic changes linked to long-term radiation exposure. Researchers analyzed the DNA of 302 feral dogs from the CEZ and compared it to populations outside the zone, …

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