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

Affiliations

Katherine Eaton: McMaster Ancient DNA Centre, McMaster University
Leo Featherstone: The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne
Sebastian Duchene: The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne
Ann G. Carmichael: Department of History, Indiana University Bloomington
Nükhet Varlık: Department of History, Rutgers University-Newark
G. Brian Golding: Department of Biology, McMaster University
Edward C. Holmes: Sydney Institute for Infectious Diseases, School of Medical Sciences, University of Sydney
Hendrik N. Poinar: McMaster Ancient DNA Centre, McMaster University

Abstract

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