More than a decade after the Fukushima nuclear accident forced a mass evacuation, the region remains a ghost town for humans. But when humans go away, wildlife comes right back in. Among the most ...
Domestic pig genes got diluted across generations, but their rapid reproductive capacity persisted in hybrid hogs ...
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After the Fukushima disaster, pig-boar hybrids boomed and busted in an "unusually large hybridization event"
In the wake of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, an “unusually large hybridization event” unfolded between local wild boar and escaped domestic pigs. Within just a few years, the genetics of the two ...
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Escaped farm pig genes speed wild boar reproduction after Fukushima nuclear disaster
In the ghost towns surrounding the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Japan, a ...
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Escape from Fukushima: Pig-boar hybrids reveal a genetic fast track in the wake of nuclear disaster
A new genetic study examines an unusually large hybridization event that followed the Fukushima nuclear accident, when escaped domestic pigs bred with wild boar. The research shows that domestic pig ...
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