DNA Traces on Medieval Parchment Reveal 3,700-Year History of Deadly Sheeppox Virus | Archaeology News Online Magazine
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DNA traces on medieval parchment reveal 3,700-year history of deadly sheeppox virus | Archaeology News Online Magazine
Medieval manuscripts preserve genetic traces of a sheep disease that has threatened herds across Eurasia for more than 3,700 years, according to a new study. Researchers recovered ancient DNA from sheeppox virus, or SPPV, in animal skins used to make parchment. The team studied manuscripts from Britain and mainland Europe, along with older remains from […]
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ΑΘΗΝΑ 9,84An international team of geneticists, historians, virologists, chemists and conservators analyzed DNA from animal skins used to make the parchments of important medieval manuscripts in Europe and identified traces of ... More
An unexpected biological “time capsule” in the hands of scientists sheds new light on the history of pandemics. An international team of researchers, made up of geneticists, historians, virologists and conservationists, has managed to identify traces of the sheep pox virus by analyzing DNA from animal skins used to make medieval parchments. According to the study published in [...] The article Traces of sheep pox researchers identified in mediev…
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