Radiation and Human Mutation In which the fundamental process of human evolution is discussed, with special reference to trends that may be caused by artificial radioactivity, medical X-rays and ...

What causes a mutation? Mutations can be caused by high-energy sources such as radiation or by chemicals in the environment. They can also appear spontaneously during the replication of DNA.

Applied since the 1930s to accelerate the process of developing and selecting new valuable agronomic traits, mutation breeding uses a plant’s own genetic make-up, mimicking the natural process of ...

2001 Effect of Gamma Radiation and Sex-Linked... Sperm quality and sperm competition play important ... Mutant BL-2 males, trans-heterozygous for two sex-linked recessive lethal mutations sl-2 and ...

Surprisingly, yes. Radiation can cause mutations in DNA, leading to faster evolutionary changes. The concept that radiation might spur natural selection is not new. For years, scientists have used ...

Children whose parents were exposed to radiation from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster have no excess mutations, a new study reveals. Almost 35 years to the day after the catastrophic accident ...