In the subject of glyphosate:
Moindreffor wrote:you were talking about Chernobyl, it is one of the most beautiful animal reserves today, biodiversity returned and fauna in number, on the other hand no discovery of mutant animals but indeed animals with an abnormally high level of radioactivity, and therefore it goes against what all the specialists thought
Mutants, there are still, but in general they do not survive.
https://www.huffingtonpost.fr/2016/04/2 ... 72770.htmlViable mutant insects:
Gendarmes, it seems to me
What are the long-term effects of radiation on animal or plant species in contaminated areas? Their genomes have been changed. Will the mutants persist?
Well, in the long run, no. The fact is that a number of background mutations occur constantly in all species, even in uncontaminated areas, although much less rapidly than in areas contaminated by nuclear accidents. Most genetic variants have therefore already been tried. The vast majority are neutral or slightly deleterious. If a mutation had an advantage to offer, it would already be present in the population.
The long-term effect of nuclear accidents on biodiversity is therefore… zero?
Yes, it's true. Over time, we expect populations to return to normal after the mutagen is gone. Radionucleotides decay, hot sites eventually cool, mutations become less frequent, and healthy animal and plant populations recolonize sites. So the ante genetic status quo returns - except for mutations that permanently improve physical condition, but it's very rare.
https://www.dw.com/en/nuclear-accidents ... a-19098683