Chernobyl wildlife

[burntcopper]

Wildlife defies Chernobyl radiation

It contains some of the most contaminated land in the world, yet it has become a haven for wildlife - a nature reserve in all but name.


What's interesting is that it appears that the mutation and sickness that'd always been prophesied has been stamped out by natural selection - the mutated and sick die or get eaten, so you don't see them, (predator population such as wolves has also gone up) but what I'm interested in? How fast it's been bred out. Obviously in human population, the generations go by slower so it'd take longer to see this effect, not to mention the way our sick don't get killed off straight away, but... huh.

Comments

[mrslant]

Twenty years is a lot of mouse generations! In fact, most animals and plants will be breeding at a year old. If a human generation is about 25 years, that's equivalent to 500 years in human terms. It stands out in the report that it's the trees that are still showing deformities: much longer generations.

Also, they say there are genetic changes, as you'd expect. It's only those that affect breeding success that will be selected against. Of course, that's pretty much anything affecting function, but most genomes have their share of junk DNA for the radiation to damage without ill effects.

moscow mutators

[m6667.livejournal.com]

in Moscow we have a game wheree there are different Essences
one of them are mutants mutants usually use drugs to get strong health ...blabla bla )))