Chroniques génomiques - Les traces génétiques de la peste noire
Résumé
Genetic analysis of human populations before and after the great plague pandemic in the late Middle Ages reveals immune-related loci at which specific alleles have been selected because they conferred (partial) resistance to the pathogen. Some of these alleles are associated with susceptibility to present-day immune diseases, illustrating the complex interplay between genes, environment and the immune system.
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Jordan, Bertrand ; Les traces génétiques de la peste noire : Chroniques génomiques, Med Sci (Paris), Vol. 39, N° 4 ; p. 381-383 ; DOI : 10.1051/medsci/2023049