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Genetic tweak turned plague bacterium deadly
Mutation in newly acquired gene transformed Yersinia pestis into a mass killer
BY SARAH SCHWARTZ 11:00AM, JUNE 30, 2015
Yersinia pestis bacteria
TINY KILLERS Acquiring one gene and one mutation allowed these plague bacteria, Yersinia pestis (shown in yellow in a flea’s digestive system in this colored scanning electron micrograph), to cause deadly pandemics.
EWS IN BRIEFHEALTH,GENETICS,EVOLUTIONGenetic tweak turned plague bacterium deadlyMutation in newly acquired gene transformed Yersinia pestis into a mass killerBY SARAH SCHWARTZ 11:00AM, JUNE 30, 2015Yersinia pestis bacteriaTINY KILLERS Acquiring one gene and one mutation allowed these plague bacteria, Yersinia pestis (shown in yellow in a flea’s digestive system in this colored scanning electron micrograph), to cause deadly pandemics.
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