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Scientists crack genetic code of Black Death plague
The 14th century bug Yersinia pestis is nearly identical to the modern day version of the same germ. There are only a few dozen changes among the more than 4 million building blocks of DNA, according to a study published online Wednesday in Nature.
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Also, find the original journal.
And that book... Return of the Black Death, by Susan Scott and Christopher Duncan, where they say that the disease could possibly have been a hemorrhagic virus instead of bubonic plague.
Mirrored at Dreamwidth
The 14th century bug Yersinia pestis is nearly identical to the modern day version of the same germ. There are only a few dozen changes among the more than 4 million building blocks of DNA, according to a study published online Wednesday in Nature.
HERE
Also, find the original journal.
And that book... Return of the Black Death, by Susan Scott and Christopher Duncan, where they say that the disease could possibly have been a hemorrhagic virus instead of bubonic plague.
Mirrored at Dreamwidth