Abstract
Analysis of heteroplasmy in bank voles inhabiting the Chernobyl exclusion zone: A commentary on Baker etal. (2017) "Elevated mitochondrial genome variation after 50 generations of radiation exposure in a wild rodent."
Highlights
Exposure to ionizing radiation is a well-established cause of mutation
While a high rate of mutation is characteristic of diverse taxa affected by Chernobyl fallout (Geras’kin, Fesenko, & Alexakhin, 2008), the specific responses to radionuclide exposure vary between taxa (Møller & Mousseau, 2015) and mammals are comparatively understudied
Sequence data for whole mitochondrial genomes are consistent with the results of previous studies of bank vole mitochondrial diversity at the control region with the results being explained by processes other than mutation (e.g., Matson et al, 2000; Meeks et al, 2007, 2009; Wickliffe et al, 2006)
Summary
Analysis of heteroplasmy in bank voles inhabiting the Chernobyl exclusion zone: A commentary on Baker et al (2017) “Elevated mitochondrial genome variation after 50 generations of radiation exposure in a wild rodent.”. Jenni Kesäniemi1 | Zbyszek Boratyński2 | John Danforth1 | Prince Itam1 | Toni Jernfors1 | Anton Lavrinienko1 | Tapio Mappes3 | Anders Pape Møller4 | Timothy A. Funding information Academy of Finland, Grant/Award Number: PCW:287153 and TM:268670
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