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Monica H Green, PhD #VaxTheWorld Profile picture
Monica H Green, PhD #VaxTheWorld
@monicaMedHist
MedHist=medical history; MedHist=medieval history. Medicine in the Long 12thC. #GlobalHealthHistory (plague, leprosy, TB). Fellow @MedievalAcademy. She/her.
Jun 22, 2022 • 77 tweets • 21 min read
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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