The scientists have studied the exclusion zone for more than a decade Scientists working in Chernobyl have found a way to predict which species there are likely to be most severely damaged by radioactive contamination. The secret to a species' vulnerability, they say, lies in its DNA. This discovery could reveal which species are most likely to decline or even become extinct in response to other t
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