Fernando
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Post by Fernando on Aug 14, 2012 11:23:40 GMT -8
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rjb
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Post by rjb on Aug 15, 2012 18:54:12 GMT -8
I think it is quite interesting. A 12% mutation rate is amazing.
A couple months ago a study out of MIT showed that the level of radiation at which people in that area were evacuated would have to get at least 400 times higher before any human harm would be detectable.
The butterflies may have been exposed to much higher doses where people were not allowed, or butterflies may be much more susceptible to mutation... or this might be a bad study. Generally I wouldn't trust this kind of result until it was independently repeated.
Rick
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