ArticlePhilosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences2020
Ancient RNA virus epidemics through the lens of recent adaptation in human genomes.
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Abstract
Over the course of the last several million years of evolution, humans probably have been plagued by hundreds or perhaps thousands of epidemics. Little is known about such ancient epidemics and a deep evolutionary perspective on current pathogenic threats is lacking. The study of past epidemics has typically been limited in temporal scope to recorded history, and in physical scope to pathogens that left sufficient DNA behind, such as
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