A High-CoverageYersinia pestisGenome from a Sixth-Century Justinianic Plague Victim
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A High-Coverage Yersinia pestis Genome from a Sixth-Century Justinianic Plague Victim
The Justinianic Plague, which started in the sixth century and lasted to the mid eighth century, is thought to be the first of three historically documented plague pandemics causing massive casualties. Historical accounts and molecular data suggest the bacterium Yersinia pestis as its etiological agent. Here we present a new high-coverage (17.9-fold) Y. pestis genome obtained from a sixth-centu...
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عنوان ژورنال: Molecular Biology and Evolution
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0737-4038,1537-1719
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msw170