Archaeogenetics: What Can Ancient Genomes Tell Us about the Origin of Syphilis?
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- DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.08.022
Archaeogenetics: What Can Ancient Genomes Tell Us about the Origin of Syphilis?
Abstract
The origin of syphilis has been hotly debated for decades. Ancient pathogen DNA may provide new evidence to redefine our understanding of this mystery, but is the mystery itself flawed in its assumptions?
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