FROM EUROPE TO CHINA. “Ancient Y. pestis genomes obtained from medieval victims have indicated the presence of a radiation event immediately preceding the Black Death that gave rise to most of the strain diversity circulating in the world today. Based on the relationship of ancient European and modern genomes, it was recently suggested that a wave of plague might have traveled from Europe toward Asia after the Black Death, eventually settling in China and later giving rise to the third pandemic.”
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