Reconstructing Black Death: Why Was Plague Microbe so...
Clip: 10/13/2011 | 6m 21s
Reconstructing Black Death: Why Was Plague Microbe so Deadly?
Researchers announced Wednesday that they've managed to reconstruct the genome of the Black Death, the illness that wiped out around half of Europe's population in just a few years in the mid-1300s. Ray Suarez discusses the developments with geneticist Hendrick Poinar of McMaster University.
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Reconstructing Black Death: Why Was Plague Microbe so...
Clip: 10/13/2011 | 6m 21s
Researchers announced Wednesday that they've managed to reconstruct the genome of the Black Death, the illness that wiped out around half of Europe's population in just a few years in the mid-1300s. Ray Suarez discusses the developments with geneticist Hendrick Poinar of McMaster University.
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