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K. Merkel

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Evolutionary Biology· 2 Microbiology· 2

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Research Focus:phylogenetics / evolution· 4 Approach:statistical model· 4 Organism:human· 3 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 3 Assay:DNA methylation· 1

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Phylogeographic analysis reveals an ancient East African origin of the human herpes simplexvirus 2 dispersal out-of-Africa.

J. L. Havens, S. Calvignac-Spencer, K. Merkel, S. Burrel, D. Boutolleau, J. O. Wertheim

This study uses phylogeographic analysis of HSV-2 genomes to determine its origin and dispersal out of Africa, finding an East African origin around 90-120 kya.

bioRxiv · Jan 3, 2022 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology

Archival influenza virus genomes from Europe reveal genomic and phenotypic variability during the 1918 pandemic

L. V. Patrono, B. Vrancken, M. Budt, A. Duex, S. Lequime, S. Boral, M. T. P. Gilbert, J. F. Gogarten, L. Hoffmann, D. Horst, K. Merkel, D. Morens, B. Prepoint, J. Schlotterbeck, V. Schuenemann, , S. Calvignac-Spencer

bioRxiv · May 14, 2021Microbiology

The history of measles: from a 1912 genome to an antique origin

A. Duex, S. Lequime, L. V. Patrono, B. Vrancken, S. Boral, J. F. Gogarten, A. Hilbig, D. Horst, K. Merkel, B. Prepoint, S. Santibanez, J. Schlotterbeck, M. A. Suchard, M. Ulrich, N. Widulin, , S. Calvignac-Spencer

The paper sequences a 1912 measles virus genome and uses molecular clock modeling to estimate measles virus divergence from rinderpest virus as early as the 4th century BCE.

bioRxiv · Dec 29, 2019 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology

Ancient recombination events between human herpes simplex viruses

S. Burrel, D. Boutolleau, D. Ryu, H. Agut, K. Merkel, F. Leendertz, S. Calvignac-Spencer

This study identifies ancient recombination events between HSV-1 and HSV-2, revealing two HSV-2 lineages with distinct geographic distributions and recombination patterns.

bioRxiv · Dec 14, 2016Microbiology