Stone Age
                    <i>Yersinia pestis</i>
                    genomes shed light on the early evolution, diversity, and ecology of plague

Andrades Valtueña, Aida; U. Neumann, Gunnar; A. Spyrou, Maria; Musralina, Lyazzat; Aron, Franziska; Beisenov, Arman; B. Belinskiy, Andrey; I. Bos, Kirsten; Buzhilova, Alexandra; Conrad, Matthias; B. Djansugurova, Leyla; Dobeš, Miroslav; Ernée, Michal; Fernández-Eraso, Javier; Frohlich, Bruno; Furmanek, Mirosław; Hałuszko, Agata; Hansen, Svend; Harney, Éadaoin; N. Hiss, Alina; Hübner, Alexander; M. Key, Felix; Khussainova, Elmira; Kitov, Egor; O. Kitova, Alexandra; Knipper, Corina; Kühnert, Denise; Lalueza-Fox, Carles; Littleton, Judith; Massy, Ken; Mittnik, Alissa; Antonio Mujika-Alustiza, José; Olalde, Iñigo; Papac, Luka; Penske, Sandra; Peška, Jaroslav; Pinhasi, Ron; Reich, David; Reinhold, Sabine; Stahl, Raphaela; Stäuble, Harald; I. Tukhbatova, Rezeda; Vasilyev, Sergey; Veselovskaya, Elizaveta; Warinner, Christina; W. Stockhammer, Philipp; Haak, Wolfgang; Krause, Johannes; Herbig, Alexander

doi:10.1073/pnas.2116722119

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Stone Age Yersinia pestis genomes shed light on the early evolution, diversity, and ecology of plague

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Authors:

Aida Andrades Valtueña

Gunnar U. Neumann

Maria A. Spyrou

Abstract

Significance The bacterium Yersinia pestis has caused numerous historically documented outbreaks of plague and research using ancient DNA could demonstrate that it already affected human populations during the Neolithic. However, the pathogen’s genetic diversity, geographic spread, and transmission ...

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