[Sca-cooks] RNA sequencing of 750-year-old barley virus sheds new light on the Crusades

[JIMCHEVAL at aol.com]

Courtesy of the MED-MED list.

"Scientists  have for the first time sequenced an ancient RNA genome – of a 
barley virus once  believed to be only 150 years old - pushing its origin 
back at least 2,000 years  and revealing how intense farming at the time of 
the Crusades contributed to its  spread."

http://phys.org/news/2014-02-rna-sequencing-year-old-barley-virus.html

Jim  Chevallier

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