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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Science
Vishwam Sankaran

Radioactive pig-boar hybrids are thriving in Fukushima after nuclear disaster – now scientists know why

Japanese scientists have finally decoded the genetic mechanisms behind the boom of radioactive pig-boar hybrids in Fukushima’s abandoned evacuation zone.

Following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident and evacuation of people, a small number of domestic pigs escaped from the town’s farms and began reproducing alongside native wild boar in the area.

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