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dc.contributor.authorKivisaari, Kati
dc.contributor.authorCalhim, Sara
dc.contributor.authorLehmann, Philipp
dc.contributor.authorBoratyński, Zbyszek
dc.contributor.authorMousseau, Timothy A.
dc.contributor.authorMøller, Anders P.
dc.contributor.authorMappes, Tapio
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-18T13:32:58Z
dc.date.available2022-01-18T13:32:58Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.identifier.citationKivisaari, K., Calhim, S., Lehmann, P., Boratyński, Z., Mousseau, T. A., Møller, A. P., & Mappes, T. (2022). Chronic Background Radiation Correlates With Sperm Swimming Endurance in Bank Voles From Chernobyl. <i>Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution</i>, <i>9</i>, Article 736389. <a href="https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.736389" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.736389</a>
dc.identifier.otherCONVID_103890266
dc.identifier.urihttps://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/79400
dc.description.abstractSperm quantity and quality are key features explaining intra- and interspecific variation in male reproductive success. Spermatogenesis is sensitive to ionizing radiation and laboratory studies investigating acute effects of ionizing radiation have indeed found negative effects of radiation on sperm quantity and quality. In nature, levels of natural background radiation vary dramatically, and chronic effects of low-level background radiation exposure on spermatogenesis are poorly understood. The Chernobyl region offers a unique research opportunity for investigating effects of chronic low-level ionizing radiation on reproductive properties of wild organisms. We captured male bank voles (Myodes glareolus) from 24 locations in the Chernobyl exclusion zone in 2011 and 2015 and collected information on sperm morphology and kinetics. The dataset is limited in size and there overall was a relatively weak correlation between background radiation and sperm quality. Still, some correlations are worth discussing. First, midpiece segments of spermatozoa tended to be smaller in bank vole males from areas with elevated background radiation levels. Second, we demonstrated a significant positive relationship between background radiation dose rates and the proportion of static spermatozoa among males within and among study locations after 10 as well as 60 min of incubation. Our results provide novel evidence of damaging effects of low dose ionizing radiation on sperm performance in wild rodent populations, and highlight that this topic requires further study across the natural gradients of background radiation that exist in nature.en
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dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherFrontiers Media SA
dc.relation.ispartofseriesFrontiers in Ecology and Evolution
dc.rightsCC BY 4.0
dc.subject.otherbackground radiation
dc.subject.otherMyodes glareolus
dc.subject.otherreproduction
dc.subject.otherperformance
dc.subject.othersperm morphometry
dc.titleChronic Background Radiation Correlates With Sperm Swimming Endurance in Bank Voles From Chernobyl
dc.typearticle
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:fi:jyu-202201181169
dc.contributor.laitosBio- ja ympäristötieteiden laitosfi
dc.contributor.laitosDepartment of Biological and Environmental Scienceen
dc.contributor.oppiaineEkologia ja evoluutiobiologiafi
dc.contributor.oppiaineEvoluutiotutkimus (huippuyksikkö)fi
dc.contributor.oppiaineBiologisten vuorovaikutusten huippututkimusyksikköfi
dc.contributor.oppiaineEcology and Evolutionary Biologyen
dc.contributor.oppiaineCentre of Excellence in Evolutionary Researchen
dc.contributor.oppiaineCentre of Excellence in Biological Interactions Researchen
dc.type.urihttp://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle
dc.type.coarhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1
dc.description.reviewstatuspeerReviewed
dc.relation.issn2296-701X
dc.relation.volume9
dc.type.versionpublishedVersion
dc.rights.copyright© 2022 the Authors
dc.rights.accesslevelopenAccessfi
dc.relation.grantnumber268670
dc.subject.ysometsämyyrä
dc.subject.ysotaustasäteily
dc.subject.ysolisääntyminen
dc.subject.ysosäteilybiologia
dc.subject.ysoionisoiva säteily
dc.subject.ysofysiologiset vaikutukset
dc.subject.ysosiittiöt
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jyx.subject.urihttp://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p513
jyx.subject.urihttp://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p8187
jyx.subject.urihttp://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p5683
jyx.subject.urihttp://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p1781
jyx.subject.urihttp://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p459
jyx.subject.urihttp://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p11511
jyx.subject.urihttp://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p21831
dc.rights.urlhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.relation.doi10.3389/fevo.2021.736389
dc.relation.funderResearch Council of Finlanden
dc.relation.funderSuomen Akatemiafi
jyx.fundingprogramAcademy Project, AoFen
jyx.fundingprogramAkatemiahanke, SAfi
jyx.fundinginformationAcademy of Finland to TM (Grant No. 268670), and Emil Aaltonen Foundation (Grant No. 160107) and Oskar Öflund Foundation to KK financially supported this study. The Samuel Freeman Charitable Foundation, The American Council of Learned Societies, and the CNRS (France) provided financial support for TAM and AM.
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