Escape from Fukushima: Pig-boar hybrids reveal a genetic fast track in the wake of nuclear disaster

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 ...
National Hog Farmer

Pig escape reveals a genetic fast track

Domestic pigs bred with wild boar after the nuclear disaster offer lessons in wildlife genetics and invasive species management.
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Pig–boar hybrids are evolving in Fukushima — and rewriting what we know about hybridization

Learn how boar populations in Fukushima’s evacuation zone are evolving rapidly after mating with abandoned domesticated pigs.
Baylor College of Medicine

RNA In Situ Hybridization (ISH)

We perform RNA ISH (mRNA or miRNA) on a high-throughput platform (a Tecan EVO liquid handling robot modified to handle slides). This is a semi-automated liquid handling system modified with a ...