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Escape from Fukushima: Pig-boar hybrids reveal a genetic fast track in the wake of nuclear disaster (phys.org)

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A new genetic study examines an unusually large hybridization event that followed the Fukushima nuclear accident, when escaped domestic pigs bred with wild boar. The research shows that domestic pig maternal lineages sped up generational turnover, rapidly diluting pig genes. The findings reveal a mechanism likely operating wherever feral pigs and wild boar interbreed.

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