They did it by finding the skeletons of people killed by the plague and extracting DNA from traces of blood inside their teeth."
Monday, February 3, 2014
Ancient Plague's DNA Revived From A 1,500-Year-Old Tooth
Ancient Plague's DNA Revived From A 1,500-Year-Old Tooth : Shots - Health News : NPR: "Scientists have reconstructed the genetic code of a strain of bacteria that caused one of the most deadly pandemics in history nearly 1,500 years ago.
They did it by finding the skeletons of people killed by the plague and extracting DNA from traces of blood inside their teeth."
They did it by finding the skeletons of people killed by the plague and extracting DNA from traces of blood inside their teeth."
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