Abnormalities seen many animals and plants in areas contaminated with radioactive Fukushima Daiichi Hara nuclear station iitate in Fukushima Prefecture Fukushima city and all the villagers are forced to evacuate, including from the revealed in a study by researchers.
Held in the University of Tokyo, 3/30 reported anomalies in "nuclear power plant disaster and creatures, people and local communities" (Organizer: iidate village ecology workshop), researchers at Tokyo University and the University of the Ryukyus was found in birds and mammals, insects and plants.
4 Scientists reported public nationally very few research reports about the effect of biological accident, your case is probably first. Life and environmental science, University of Tsukuba ー ー Professor's reported first at the Symposium for biological impacts first incident rice genes.
Announced research results in the "observation of gene expression of rice due to low levels of gamma-ray irradiation in iitate village" theme. ー Professor in brought the experimental farms of iitate village in located seedling rice grew in the Tsukuba Research Institute about 40 kilometers from the plant, placed outdoors exposed to external exposure to radiation.
And brought back to Tsukuba collected the third leaf root growth is progressing from a sample, using the dry ice refrigeration that have been stored. After that, "semi quantitative RT-PCR" and we found that affect the various low-dose gamma ray radiation using a method of analysis called observation of specific genes, gene expression.
Written "from arrive at the experimental farm of the village were collected in the six hours after the initial sample to DNA damage repair-related gene in late (after 72 hours) protective reactions related to stress, gene changes recognized" in the summary of findings written by Prof. ー. "We have world impact study of low dose radiation on rice plants are.
If there are common to humans as well as look at the effect of seed stage the future mechanism would examine "and ー says Prof.
3 Researchers announced research results order of butterflies, birds and monkeys about the anomaly first appeared in animals. Announced the research about Zhou's, associate professor at Ryukyu University Otaki lenghs.
Made of biological impact of Corbicula Fukushima. Otaki Associate Professor research is collected in Okinawa Prefecture with little or no effect of radioactivity and Eastern Japan around the Corbicula is a small Butterfly found routinely in Japan domestic area of Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station, examined the survival and morphological abnormalities of external radiation and internal radiation experiments.
Nowhere else in the world from Otaki Associate Professor research results released last August, online magazine of international scientific reports and be prominently on France's leading newspaper Le Monde has had great response.
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