Fukushima caused 'mutant butterflies'
<p><span word="Download">Download</span></p><p><span word="Genetic">Genetic</span> <span word="mutations">mutations</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="found">found</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="three">three</span> <span word="generations">generations</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="butterflies">butterflies</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="near">near</span> <span word="Japan">Japan</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="crippled">crippled</span> <span word="Fukushima">Fukushima</span> <span word="nuclear">nuclear</span> <span word="plant">plant</span>, <span word="scientists">scientists</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Tuesday">Tuesday</span>, <span word="raising">raising</span> <span word="fears">fears</span> <span word="radiation">radiation</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="affect">affect</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="species">species</span>.</p><p><span word="Around">Around</span> 12 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="pale">pale</span> <span word="grass">grass</span> <span word="blue">blue</span> <span word="butterflies">butterflies</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="exposed">exposed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="nuclear">nuclear</span> <span word="fallout">fallout</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="larvae">larvae</span> <span word="immediately">immediately</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="tsunami">tsunami</span>-<span word="sparked">sparked</span> <span word="disaster">disaster</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="abnormalities">abnormalities</span>, <span word="including">including</span> <span word="smaller">smaller</span> <span word="wings">wings</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="damaged">damaged</span> <span word="eyes">eyes</span>, <span word="researchers">researchers</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="insects">insects</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="mated">mated</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="laboratory">laboratory</span> <span word="well">well</span> <span word="outside">outside</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="fallout">fallout</span> <span word="zone">zone</span> <span word="and">and</span> 18 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="offspring">offspring</span> <span word="displayed">displayed</span> <span word="similar">similar</span> <span word="problems">problems</span>, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Joji">Joji</span> <span word="Otaki">Otaki</span>, <span word="associate">associate</span> <span word="professor">professor</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="Ryukyu">Ryukyu</span> <span word="University">University</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Okinawa">Okinawa</span>, <span word="southwestern">southwestern</span> <span word="Japan">Japan</span>.</p><p><span word="That">That</span> <span word="figure">figure</span> <span word="rose">rose</span> <span word="to">to</span> 34 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="third">third</span> <span word="generation">generation</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="butterflies">butterflies</span>, <span word="he">he</span> <span word="said">said</span>, <span word="even">even</span> <span word="though">though</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="parent">parent</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="each">each</span> <span word="coupling">coupling</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="unaffected">unaffected</span> <span word="population">population</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="researchers">researchers</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="collected">collected</span> <span word="another">another</span> 240 <span word="butterflies">butterflies</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Fukushima">Fukushima</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="September">September</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="year">year</span>, <span word="six">six</span> <span word="months">months</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="disaster">disaster</span>. <span word="Abnormalities">Abnormalities</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="recorded">recorded</span> <span word="in">in</span> 52 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="offspring">offspring</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="was">was</span> "<span word="a">a</span> <span word="dominantly">dominantly</span> <span word="high">high</span> <span word="ratio">ratio</span>", <span word="Otaki">Otaki</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p><span word="Otaki">Otaki</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="high">high</span> <span word="ratio">ratio</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="result">result</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="both">both</span> <span word="external">external</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="internal">internal</span> <span word="exposure">exposure</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="radiation">radiation</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="atmosphere">atmosphere</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="contaminated">contaminated</span> <span word="foodstuffs">foodstuffs</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="results">results</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="study">study</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="published">published</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Scientific">Scientific</span> <span word="Reports">Reports</span>, <span word="an">an</span> <span word="online">online</span> <span word="research">research</span> <span word="journal">journal</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="publishers">publishers</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Nature">Nature</span>.</p><p><span word="Otaki">Otaki</span> <span word="later">later</span> <span word="carried">carried</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="comparison">comparison</span> <span word="test">test</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Okinawa">Okinawa</span> <span word="exposing">exposing</span> <span word="unaffected">unaffected</span> <span word="butterflies">butterflies</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="low">low</span> <span word="levels">levels</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="radiation">radiation</span>, <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="results">results</span> <span word="showing">showing</span> <span word="similar">similar</span> <span word="rates">rates</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="abnormality">abnormality</span>, <span word="he">he</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p>
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