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TWiEVO 84: Decoding our defenses to the Black Death

  • November 8, 2022
  • Tagged as: ancient DNA, black death, evolution, mutation, natural selection, positive selection, Yersinia pestis

Nels and Vincent review the use of ancient DNA to identify loci that may have been under selection during the Black Death by studying populations before, during, and after the pandemic.

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TWiEVO 31: Virus archaeology, or when the human genome is the junk

  • May 19, 2018
  • Tagged as: ancient DNA, ancient viral genome, Bronze Age, evolution, hepatitis B virus, Medieval period, viral, virology, virus, virus archaeology

Nels and Vincent present ancient hepatitis B virus genome sequences from Bronze Age to Medieval period human remains.

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