Dolphins exposed to a massive oil slick released by the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill have undergone troubling changes to their genomes, a new study has found. The animals, sampled in Louisiana’s Barataria Bay in 2013, showed damage to the parts of their genomes that control immune response and cellular health, according to the study, published on Wednesday in PLOS One. This discovery tracks with post-spill observations by wildlife veterinarians — who identified dolphins afflicted with conditions from lung disease to reproductive failure, the study noted. Many of those conditions seen in the field mirrored those found in laboratory animals exposed to oil, according to a 2013 stud
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