Neolithic and Medieval virus genomes reveal complex evolution of Hepatitis B
B. Krause-Kyora, J. Susat, F. M. Key, D. Kuehnert, E. Bosse, A. Immel, C. Rinne, S.-C. Kornell, D. Yepes, S. Franzenburg, H. O. Heyne, T. Meier, S. Loesch, H. Meller, S. Friederich, , J. Krause
This study analyzes three ancient HBV genomes from European skeletons, showing HBV circulation for 7000 years and distinct lineages that may have gone extinct.
bioRxiv · May 6, 2018Evolutionary Biology