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Genome hypermethylation as adaptation in Chernobyl Pinus silvestris

Genome hypermethylation may be a mechanism for adaptation to radiation in Pinus silvestris at Chernobyl.

Confidence
70%
active

Evidence Quote

“Genome hypermethylation may be a mechanism for adaptation to radiation”

Relationship

Genome hypermethylation in Pinus silvestris enables adaptation Chernobyl exclusion zone

Arguments

Genome hypermethylation in Pinus silvestrissubject
Chernobyl exclusion zoneobject

Connections (2)

Mechanisms of plant adaptation to the Chernobyl exclusion zoneInferenceChain
Gamma radiation does not alter CHH methylation contextAssociation

Evidence

“Kovalchuk et al. (2003) discuss genome hypermethylation in Pinus silvestris from Chernobyl as a possible adaptation mechanism to radiation.”

Kovalchuk, O. et al. (2003). Genome hypermethylation in Pinus silvestris of Chernobyl—a mechanism for radiation adaptation? doi:10.1016/s0027-5107(03)00103-9 ↗