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Evolution of a single gene allowed the plague to adapt, survive and kill much of humanity over many centuries
Scientists have documented the way a single gene in the bacterium that causes bubonic plague, Yersinia pestis, allowed it to survive hundreds of years by adjusting its virulence and the length of time ...
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Single gene may help explain the plague's persistence throughout human history
Alterations to a single gene in the plague bacterium's genome have shed light on a method the germ has used to survive and ...
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Black Death bacterium has become less lethal after genetic tweak
A small genetic change makes the bacterium that caused the plague less fatal but possibly more transmissible, allowing for ...
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The International library of famous literature : selections from the world's great writers, ancient, mediaeval, and modern, with biographical and explanatory notes and with ...
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A history of Egypt, from the earliest times to the Persian conquest
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