April 2016 sees the 30 th anniversary of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.
As a consequence of the accident populations were relocated in Belarus, Russia and …

The disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in 1986 released 80 petabecquerel of
radioactive caesium, strontium, plutonium and other radioactive isotopes into the …

This study details the phylogeographic pattern of the bank vole, Clethrionomys glareolus, a
European rodent species strongly associated with forest habitat. We used sequences of …

Abstract Several United Nations organizations sought to dispel the uncertainties and
controversy that still exist concerning the effects of the Chernobyl accident. A Chernobyl …

We investigated levels of DNA damage in blood cells of barn swallows (Hirundo rustica)
inhabiting the Chernobyl region to evaluate whether chronic exposure to low-level …

Concerns about the impacts on public health and on the natural environment have been
raised regarding the full range of operational activities related to uranium mining and the …

We used molecular methods and population genetic analyses to study the effects of chronic
contaminant exposure in marsh frogs from Sumgayit, Azerbaijan. Marsh frogs inhabiting …

Despite the ubiquity of pollutants in the environment, their long‐term ecological
consequences are not always clear and still poorly studied. This is the case concerning the …

Currently, the effects of chronic, continuous low dose environmental irradiation on the
mitochondrial genome of resident small mammals are unknown. Using the bank vole …

Purpose: To discuss low-dose radiation-induced risks to male fertility focusing on potential
mechanisms of low-dose radiation-induced damage on spermatogenesis, epidemiological …