Plagued by a cryptic clock: insight and issues from the global phylogeny of Yersinia pestis

The emergence of the plague pathogen throughout history is investigated using molecular clock modelling and phylogenetic analyses.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Katherine Eaton, Leo Featherstone, Sebastian Duchene, Ann G. Carmichael, Nükhet Varlık, G. Brian Golding, Edward C. Holmes, Hendrik N. Poinar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-01-01
Series:Communications Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-04394-6