Radiation triggers epigenetic, genetic and heritable stress effects

This chain integrates evidence that chronic or environmental radiation exposure, including post-Chernobyl context, induces epigenetic changes such as DNA hypermethylation, genetic differentiation, and heritable changes in plant populations (Scots pine, apomictic dandelion). Phenotypic and molecular effects may be both immediate and transgenerational, with heritability confirmed for some stress-induced methylation changes.

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