Chernobyl species decline linked to DNA

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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"What we have discovered is that when we look at the species in Chernobyl, we can predict, based on their substitution rates, which ones are most vulnerable to contaminants."The results of this study could shed light on which species are most vulnerable to other kinds of environmental contamination.