Biological effects of chronic radiation exposure on plant populations
Author: Geras’kin SA, Udalova AA, Dikareva NS, Mozolin EM, Chernonog EV, Prytkova IuS, Dikarev VG, Novikova TA.
Reference: Gazette “РАДИАЦИОННАЯ БИОЛОГИЯ. РАДИОЭКОЛОГИЯ “ (Radiation Biology, Radioecology), 2010
ISSN: 0869-8031
DOI: 10.1134/S0869803110040028
Keywords: plant, radioactivity, destruction of regularities, low level anthropogenic impact
Abstract: The findings from long-term field studies on biological effects in plant populations inhabiting radioactively contaminated territories contrast in levels and compositions of dose-forming radionuclides are presented. Plant populations developing under radioactive impact show enhanced frequencies of gene and chromosome mutations, and their reproductive potential is inferior to reference populations. Even relatively low levels of technogenic impact are able to increase genetic diversity and destroy regularities inherent for intact populations. Chronic radiation exposure from a certain level appears to be an ecological factor changing genetic structure of wild populations. Data presented indicate the presence of adaptation processes in plant populations in territories with technogenic impact. Under ecological stress, there are selection processes for resistance improvement in plant populations. But an appearance and rate of this process can essentially differ in dependence on radioecological conditions.
URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20968048
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