Evolution of immune genes is associated with the Black Death
Evolution of immune genes is associated with the Black Death
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Klunk, Jennifer , Vilgalys, Tauras P. , Demeure, Christian E. , Cheng, Xiaoheng , Shiratori, Mari , Madej, Julien , Beau, Rémi , Elli, Derek , Patino, Maria I. , Redfern, Rebecca , DeWitte, Sharon N. , Gamble, Julia A. , Boldsen, Jesper L. , Carmichael, Ann , Varlik, Nükhet , Eaton, Katherine , Grenier, Jean-Christophe , Golding, G. Brian , Devault, Alison , Rouillard, Jean-Marie , Yotova, Vania , Sindeaux, Renata , Ye, Chun Jimmie , Bikaran, Matin , Dumaine, Anne , Brinkworth, Jessica F. , Missiakas, Dominique , Rouleau, Guy A. , Steinrücken, Matthias , Pizarro-Cerdá, Javier , Poinar, Hendrik N. and Barreiro, Luis B.
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London: Nature Publishing Group UK
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Infectious diseases are among the strongest selective pressures driving human evolution
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,
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. This includes the single greatest mortality event in recorded history, the first outbreak of the second pandemic of plague, commonly called the Black Death, which was caused by the bacterium
Yersinia pestis
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. This pandemic devastat...
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Evolution of immune genes is associated with the Black Death
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Author / Creator
Vilgalys, Tauras P.
Demeure, Christian E.
Cheng, Xiaoheng
Shiratori, Mari
Madej, Julien
Beau, Rémi
Elli, Derek
Patino, Maria I.
Redfern, Rebecca
DeWitte, Sharon N.
Gamble, Julia A.
Boldsen, Jesper L.
Carmichael, Ann
Varlik, Nükhet
Eaton, Katherine
Grenier, Jean-Christophe
Golding, G. Brian
Devault, Alison
Rouillard, Jean-Marie
Yotova, Vania
Sindeaux, Renata
Ye, Chun Jimmie
Bikaran, Matin
Dumaine, Anne
Brinkworth, Jessica F.
Missiakas, Dominique
Rouleau, Guy A.
Steinrücken, Matthias
Pizarro-Cerdá, Javier
Poinar, Hendrik N.
Barreiro, Luis B.
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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_9580435
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_9580435
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0028-0836,1476-4687
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1476-4687
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10.1038/s41586-022-05349-x
