Emergence and Spread of Basal Lineages of Yersinia pestis during the Neolithic Decline.

Rascovan N1, Sjögren KG2, Kristiansen K2, Nielsen R3, Willerslev E4, Desnues C5, Rasmussen S6.

  1. Aix Marseille Université, UMR MEPHI, CNRS FRE2013, IRD 198, AP-HM, IHU - Méditerranée Infection, 19-21 Boulevard Jean Moulin, 13005 Marseille, France. nicorasco@gmail.com.
  2. Department of Historical Studies, University of Gothenburg, 405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden.
  3. Center for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, 1350 Copenhagen, Denmark; Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
  4. Center for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, 1350 Copenhagen, Denmark; Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ, UK; Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridgeshire CB10 1SA, UK.
  5. Aix Marseille Université, UMR MEPHI, CNRS FRE2013, IRD 198, AP-HM, IHU - Méditerranée Infection, 19-21 Boulevard Jean Moulin, 13005 Marseille, France.
  6. Department of Bio and Health Informatics, Technical University of Denmark, Kemitorvet 208, 2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark. simon.rasmussen@cpr.ku.dk.

Presented by Nicolas Rascovan