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The Chernobyl disaster caused mutations in wild animals.

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Is it true that the Chernobyl disaster caused mutations in wild animals?

Yes. A peer-reviewed review of genetic and ecological studies reports that wild animal populations in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone show elevated rates of genetic damage and mutation, and a Wikipedia article on the zone's dogs states the environment became highly mutagenic with higher mutation rates. A PLOS study of Chernobyl birds addresses reproductive fitness effects rather than mutation directly.

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Dogs in the Chernobyl exclusion zone - Wikipedia
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Dogs in the Chernobyl exclusion zone - Wikipedia. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogs_in_the_Chernobyl_exclusion_zone

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Genetic and ecological studies of animals in Chernobyl and Fukushima.
2014
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Mousseau, T. A. & Møller, A. P. (2014). Genetic and ecological studies of animals in Chernobyl and Fukushima.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esu040

Aspermy, Sperm Quality and Radiation in Chernobyl Birds
2014
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Møller, A. P., Bonisoli-Alquati, A., Mousseau, T. A., & Rudolfsen, G. (2014). Aspermy, Sperm Quality and Radiation in Chernobyl Birds. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0100296

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