Nature Communications (Oct 2019)
Phylogeography of the second plague pandemic revealed through analysis of historical Yersinia pestis genomes
- Maria A. Spyrou,
- Marcel Keller,
- Rezeda I. Tukhbatova,
- Christiana L. Scheib,
- Elizabeth A. Nelson,
- Aida Andrades Valtueña,
- Gunnar U. Neumann,
- Don Walker,
- Amelie Alterauge,
- Niamh Carty,
- Craig Cessford,
- Hermann Fetz,
- Michaël Gourvennec,
- Robert Hartle,
- Michael Henderson,
- Kristin von Heyking,
- Sarah A. Inskip,
- Sacha Kacki,
- Felix M. Key,
- Elizabeth L. Knox,
- Christian Later,
- Prishita Maheshwari-Aplin,
- Joris Peters,
- John E. Robb,
- Jürgen Schreiber,
- Toomas Kivisild,
- Dominique Castex,
- Sandra Lösch,
- Michaela Harbeck,
- Alexander Herbig,
- Kirsten I. Bos,
- Johannes Krause
Affiliations
- Maria A. Spyrou
- Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
- Marcel Keller
- Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
- Rezeda I. Tukhbatova
- Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
- Christiana L. Scheib
- Institute of Genomics, University of Tartu, Riia 23b
- Elizabeth A. Nelson
- Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
- Aida Andrades Valtueña
- Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
- Gunnar U. Neumann
- Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
- Don Walker
- MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology)
- Amelie Alterauge
- Department of Physical Anthropology, Institute for Forensic Medicine, University of Bern
- Niamh Carty
- MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology)
- Craig Cessford
- Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge
- Hermann Fetz
- Archaeological Service, State Archive Nidwalden
- Michaël Gourvennec
- Archeodunum SAS, Agency Toulouse, 8 allée Michel de Montaigne
- Robert Hartle
- MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology)
- Michael Henderson
- MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology)
- Kristin von Heyking
- SNSB, State Collection for Anthropology and Palaeoanatomy Munich
- Sarah A. Inskip
- McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge
- Sacha Kacki
- PACEA, CNRS Institute, Université de Bordeaux
- Felix M. Key
- Institute for Medical Engineering and Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Elizabeth L. Knox
- MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology)
- Christian Later
- Bavarian State Department of Monuments and Sites
- Prishita Maheshwari-Aplin
- Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge
- Joris Peters
- SNSB, State Collection for Anthropology and Palaeoanatomy Munich
- John E. Robb
- Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge
- Jürgen Schreiber
- Dig it! Company GbR
- Toomas Kivisild
- Institute of Genomics, University of Tartu, Riia 23b
- Dominique Castex
- PACEA, CNRS Institute, Université de Bordeaux
- Sandra Lösch
- Department of Physical Anthropology, Institute for Forensic Medicine, University of Bern
- Michaela Harbeck
- SNSB, State Collection for Anthropology and Palaeoanatomy Munich
- Alexander Herbig
- Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
- Kirsten I. Bos
- Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
- Johannes Krause
- Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12154-0
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 10,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 13
Abstract
The second plague pandemic, caused by Yersinia pestis, started in the 14th century and recurred in Europe until the 18th century. Here, the authors reconstruct ancient Y. pestis genomes from human remains spanning this period, shedding light into the phylogeography and population structure of the European strains.
