[Ansteorra] Black death sequence

Miles Grey Kahn at West-Point.org
Fri Oct 14 07:39:42 PDT 2011


Lady Elyssa,
  Thanks for passing this along - it sounds very interesting.  Is it
possible for everyone to read the article?  If so, do you have a link to
it?

  Thank you,
    Miles Grey



Lady Elyssa wrote:
> One of the pathology newsfeeds I subscribe to had an artical on Y
> pestis,the organisms that causes plague. Researchers collected DNA from 4
> black death victims buried in a London cemetery in 1348. The y pestis
> collected was completed sequenced. The research purpose was to find out
> why the symptoms are different in today's victims. Turns out the organism
> hasn't changed much. The difference was more living conditions, weather,
> war and other environmental issues. This paper might be an interesting
> source for historically accurate information on London living.
> Elyssa de Orozco





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