Exposure of the germ cells of living organisms to X-rays or to radium has so far proved to be the only reliable method for artificially inducing mutations, as shown by MULLER and others. In nature, organisms or groups of organisms carrying “favorable” mutations are supposed to be chosen for survival by the sorting action of natural selection, and MULLER and MOTT-SMITH (1930) have concluded that...

Adaptive radiations have long served as living libraries to study the build-up of species richness; however, they do not provide good models for radiations that exhibit negligible adaptive disparity. Here, we review work on damselflies to argue that nonadaptive mechanisms were predominant in the radiation of this group and have driven species divergence through sexual selection arising from mal...

Background: The aims of the study are to determine the radioactivity concentrations of 226Ra, 238U, 232Th and 40K in vegetables of a recently found high background radiation area of south-eastern part of Bangladesh and to detect the radiological risks to human from intake of these vegetables. Materials and Method: 10 plant samples were collected randomly from different locations of the study ar...

Introduction: Many people use hot water springs to treat some diseases, such as rheumatism, arthritis, and skin diseases, but they are unaware of the presence of natural radioactive substances that may be found in hot water springs. An effective way to understand the radiation risk of these elements are measuring the dose rate of radiation. In this study, for the first time, ga...