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The biological impacts of the Fukushima nuclear accident on the pale grass blue butterfly

The collapse of the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant caused a massive release of radioactive materials to the environment. A prompt and reliable system for evaluating the biological impacts of this accident on animals has not been available. Here we show that the accident caused physiological...

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Autores principales: Hiyama, Atsuki, Nohara, Chiyo, Kinjo, Seira, Taira, Wataru, Gima, Shinichi, Tanahara, Akira, Otaki, Joji M.
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Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3414864/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22880161
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep00570
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author Hiyama, Atsuki
Nohara, Chiyo
Kinjo, Seira
Taira, Wataru
Gima, Shinichi
Tanahara, Akira
Otaki, Joji M.
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description The collapse of the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant caused a massive release of radioactive materials to the environment. A prompt and reliable system for evaluating the biological impacts of this accident on animals has not been available. Here we show that the accident caused physiological and genetic damage to the pale grass blue Zizeeria maha, a common lycaenid butterfly in Japan. We collected the first-voltine adults in the Fukushima area in May 2011, some of which showed relatively mild abnormalities. The F(1) offspring from the first-voltine females showed more severe abnormalities, which were inherited by the F(2) generation. Adult butterflies collected in September 2011 showed more severe abnormalities than those collected in May. Similar abnormalities were experimentally reproduced in individuals from a non-contaminated area by external and internal low-dose exposures. We conclude that artificial radionuclides from the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant caused physiological and genetic damage to this species.
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spelling pubmed-34148642012-08-09 The biological impacts of the Fukushima nuclear accident on the pale grass blue butterfly Hiyama, Atsuki Nohara, Chiyo Kinjo, Seira Taira, Wataru Gima, Shinichi Tanahara, Akira Otaki, Joji M. Sci Rep Article The collapse of the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant caused a massive release of radioactive materials to the environment. A prompt and reliable system for evaluating the biological impacts of this accident on animals has not been available. Here we show that the accident caused physiological and genetic damage to the pale grass blue Zizeeria maha, a common lycaenid butterfly in Japan. We collected the first-voltine adults in the Fukushima area in May 2011, some of which showed relatively mild abnormalities. The F(1) offspring from the first-voltine females showed more severe abnormalities, which were inherited by the F(2) generation. Adult butterflies collected in September 2011 showed more severe abnormalities than those collected in May. Similar abnormalities were experimentally reproduced in individuals from a non-contaminated area by external and internal low-dose exposures. We conclude that artificial radionuclides from the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant caused physiological and genetic damage to this species. Nature Publishing Group 2012-08-09 /pmc/articles/PMC3414864/ /pubmed/22880161 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep00570 Text en Copyright © 2012, Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareALike 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
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Taira, Wataru
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3414864/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22880161
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep00570
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