Ancient Yersinia pestis genomes provide no evidence for the origins or spread of the Justinianic Plague
M. Keller, M. A. Spyrou, M. McCormick, K. I. Bos, A. Herbig, J. Krause
The paper reanalyzes ancient Yersinia pestis genomes to challenge the link between the Justinianic Plague and the identified genomes, suggesting the lower coverage genome may instead relate to the Black Death.
bioRxiv · Nov 12, 2019 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology