Chronic radiation exposure as an ecological factor: Hypermethylation and genetic differentiation in irradiated Scots pine populations

P.Yu Volkova; Stanislav Geras’kin; Nele Horemans; E.S. Makarenko; Eline Saenen; G.T. Duarte; Robin Nauts; V.S. Bondarenko; G. Jacobs; Stefan  Voorspoels; M. Kudin

doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2017.08.123

Chronic radiation exposure as an ecological factor: Hypermethylation and genetic differentiation in irradiated Scots pine populations

P.Yu Volkova, Stanislav Geras’kin, Nele Horemans, E.S. Makarenko, Eline Saenen, G.T. Duarte, Robin Nauts, V.S. Bondarenko, G. Jacobs, Stefan Voorspoels, M. Kudin

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Abstract

Genetic and epigenetic changes were investigated in chronically irradiated Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) populations from territories that were heavily contaminated by radionuclides as result of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant accident. In comparison to the reference site, the genetic diversity revealed by electrophoretic mobility of AFLPs was found to be significantly higher at the radioactively contaminated areas. In addition, the genome of pine trees was significantly hypermethylated at 4 of the 7 affected sites.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	105e112
Number of pages	8
Journal	Environmental Pollution
Volume	232
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2017.08.123
State	Published - 1 Jan 2018

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Volkova, P. Y., Geras’kin, S., Horemans, N., Makarenko, E. S., Saenen, E., Duarte, G. T., Nauts, R., Bondarenko, V. S., Jacobs, G., Voorspoels, S., & Kudin, M. (2018). Chronic radiation exposure as an ecological factor: Hypermethylation and genetic differentiation in irradiated Scots pine populations. Environmental Pollution, 232, 105e112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2017.08.123

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