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Okay, so here are my comments on the new paper in @Nature announcing palaeogenetic identification of the origin of the Black Death. Since this will be a long thread, a few general pointers. 1/n
Terminology:
- BD = Black Death
- Spyrou (unless otherwise specified) = Maria A. Spyrou et al. 2022 study in @Nature (nature.com/articles/s4158…)
- SNP = single nucleotide polymorphism (to be explained below)
- phylogenetics = study of evolution at the genomic level
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- BD = Black Death
- Spyrou (unless otherwise specified) = Maria A. Spyrou et al. 2022 study in @Nature (nature.com/articles/s4158…)
- SNP = single nucleotide polymorphism (to be explained below)
- phylogenetics = study of evolution at the genomic level
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Audience: I'm writing with fellow historians & medievalists uppermost in my mind. Many #twitterstorians & #MedievalTwitter followers know a little bit about the transformations in plague history in the past decade. But not everybody has time to keep up on all the details. 3/n
