Medieval History
An international team ? led by researchers at McMaster University and the University of Tubingen in Germany ? has sequenced the entire genome of the Black Death, one of the most devastating epidemics in human history.
This marks the first time scientists have been able to draft a reconstructed genome of any ancient pathogen, which will allow researchers to track changes in the pathogen?s evolution and virulence over time. This work ? currently published online in the scientific journal Nature - could lead to a better understanding of modern infectious diseases.
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Medieval History
Researchers reconstruct genome of the Black Death
An international team ? led by researchers at McMaster University and the University of Tubingen in Germany ? has sequenced the entire genome of the Black Death, one of the most devastating epidemics in human history.
This marks the first time scientists have been able to draft a reconstructed genome of any ancient pathogen, which will allow researchers to track changes in the pathogen?s evolution and virulence over time. This work ? currently published online in the scientific journal Nature - could lead to a better understanding of modern infectious diseases.
Click here to read this article from Medievalists.net
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- Anthropologist Compares Medieval Lives, Pre- And Post-black Death
Each time Sharon DeWitte takes a 3-foot by 1-foot archival box off the shelf at the Museum of London she hopes it will be heavy. ?Heavy means you know you have a relatively complete skeleton,? said DeWitte, an anthropologist at the University of South...
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