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High genetic diversity of the himalayan marmot relative to plague outbreaks in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China.
BMC genomics - 8 Mar 2024
Ma Ying, Liu Pengbo, Li Ziyan, Yue Yujuan, Zhao Yanmei, He Jian, Zhao Jiaxin, Song Xiuping, Wang Jun, Liu Qiyong, Lu Liang
Abstract excerpt
Plague, as an ancient zoonotic disease caused by Yersinia pestis, has brought great disasters. The natural plague focus of Marmota himalayana in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is the largest, which has been constantly active and the leading source of human plague in China for decades. Understanding the population genetics of M. himalayana and relating that information to the biogeographic distribution of Yersinia...
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