Unusual evolution of tree frog populations in the Chernobyl exclusion zone
C. Car, A. Gilles, O. Armant, P. Burraco, K. Beaugelin-Seiller, S. Gashchak, V. Camilleri, I. Cavalie, P. Laloi, C. Adam-Guillermin, G. Orizaola, J.-M. Bonzom
The paper examines genetic markers in Eastern tree frogs in the Chernobyl exclusion zone to study microevolutionary processes and mutation rates thirty years after the nuclear accident.
bioRxiv · Dec 4, 2020Ecology