Ancient Borrelia genomes document the evolutionary history of louse-borne relapsing fever
Pooja Swali, Thomas J. Booth, Cedric C.S. Tan, Jesse McCabe, Kyriaki Anastasiadou, Christopher Barrington, Matteo Borrini, Adelle Bricking, Jo Buckberry, Lindsey Büster, Rea Carlin, Alexandre Gilardet, Isabelle Glocke, Joel D. Irish, Monica Kelly, , Pontus Skoglund
The paper analyzes ancient Borrelia genomes to document the evolutionary transition from tick-borne to louse-borne transmission and shows rapid reductive evolution.
Science · May 22, 2025Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology