#Variolaovina
#genomics
#Variolaovina

Wow

Despite the treatments invented by medieval monks to make parchment last, in manuscripts dated from the 8th to the 15th century it preserves enough DNA of the sheeppox virus to extract entire genomes, trace the virus's emergence 5000 years ago when Eurasian steppe
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September 3, 2026 at 4:43 PM