| Spyrou, Maria A.; Keller, Marcel; Tukhbatova, Rezeda I.; Scheib, Christiana L.; Nelson, Elizabeth A.; Valtuena, Aida Andrades; Neumann, Gunnar U.; Walker, Don; Alterauge, Amelie; Carty, Niamh; Cessford, Craig; Fetz, Hermann; Gourvennec, Michael; Hartle, Robert; Henderson, Michael; Heyking, Kristin von; Inskip, Sarah A.; Kacki, Sacha; Key, Felix M.; Knox, Elizabeth L.; Later, Christian; Maheshwari-Aplin, Prishita; Peters, Joris; Robb, John E.; Schreiber, Jürgen; Kivisild, Toomas; Castex, Dominique; Losch, Sandra; Harbeck, Michaela; Herbig, Alexander; Bos, Kirsten I.; Krause, Johannes (2019): Phylogeography of the second plague pandemic revealed through analysis of historical Yersinia pestis genomes. In: Nature Communications, Vol. 10, 4470 |
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Abstract
The second plague pandemic, caused by Yersinia pestis, devastated Europe and the nearby regions between the 14th and 18th centuries AD. Here we analyse human remains from ten European archaeological sites spanning this period and reconstruct 34 ancient Y. pestis genomes. Our data support an initial entry of the bacterium through eastern Europe, the absence of genetic diversity during the Black Death, and low within-outbreak diversity thereafter. Analysis of post-Black Death genomes shows the diversification of a Y. pestis lineage into multiple genetically distinct clades that may have given rise to more than one disease reservoir in, or close to, Europe. In addition, we show the loss of a genomic region that includes virulence-related genes in strains associated with late stages of the pandemic. The deletion was also identified in genomes connected with the first plague pandemic (541-750 AD), suggesting a comparable evolutionary trajectory of Y. pestis during both events.
| Item Type: | Journal article |
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| Faculties: | Veterinary Medicine |
| Research Centers: | ArchaeoBioCenter |
| Subjects: | 600 Technology > 610 Medicine and health 500 Science > 570 Life sciences; biology |
| URN: | urn:nbn:de:bvb:19-epub-81518-2 |
| ISSN: | 2041-1723 |
| Language: | English |
| ID Code: | 81518 |
| Deposited On: | 15. Dec 2021 14:59 |
| Last Modified: | 27. Jan 2022 08:23 |
- BASE
- Spyrou, Maria A.
- Keller, Marcel
- Tukhbatova, Rezeda I.
- Scheib, Christiana L.
- Nelson, Elizabeth A.
- Valtuena, Aida Andrades
- Neumann, Gunnar U.
- Walker, Don
- Alterauge, Amelie
- Carty, Niamh
- Cessford, Craig
- Fetz, Hermann
- Gourvennec, Michael
- Hartle, Robert
- Henderson, Michael
- Heyking, Kristin von
- Inskip, Sarah A.
- Kacki, Sacha
- Key, Felix M.
- Knox, Elizabeth L.
- Later, Christian
- Maheshwari-Aplin, Prishita
- Peters, Joris
- Robb, John E.
- Schreiber, Jürgen
- Kivisild, Toomas
- Castex, Dominique
- Losch, Sandra
- Harbeck, Michaela
- Herbig, Alexander
- Bos, Kirsten I.
- Krause, Johannes
- Google Scholar
- Spyrou, Maria A.
- Keller, Marcel
- Tukhbatova, Rezeda I.
- Scheib, Christiana L.
- Nelson, Elizabeth A.
- Valtuena, Aida Andrades
- Neumann, Gunnar U.
- Walker, Don
- Alterauge, Amelie
- Carty, Niamh
- Cessford, Craig
- Fetz, Hermann
- Gourvennec, Michael
- Hartle, Robert
- Henderson, Michael
- Heyking, Kristin von
- Inskip, Sarah A.
- Kacki, Sacha
- Key, Felix M.
- Knox, Elizabeth L.
- Later, Christian
- Maheshwari-Aplin, Prishita
- Peters, Joris
- Robb, John E.
- Schreiber, Jürgen
- Kivisild, Toomas
- Castex, Dominique
- Losch, Sandra
- Harbeck, Michaela
- Herbig, Alexander
- Bos, Kirsten I.
- Krause, Johannes
