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Life under Conditions of Ionizing Radiation

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Life on Earth, throughout its almost 4 billion years history, has been shaped by interactions of the organisms with their environment. It has developed with an ever present radiation background. As a powerful mutagen it has contributed to biological evolution, however, it is potentially destructive for individual cells and organisms [1]. Radiation response differs extremely for different organisms and there is not necessarily a correlation between species radiation resistance and levels of exposure in the natural environment [2].

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Baumstark-Khan, C., Facius, R. (2002). Life under Conditions of Ionizing Radiation. In: Horneck, G., Baumstark-Khan, C. (eds) Astrobiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-59381-9_18

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