A fascinating article in Nature finds positive selection for several alleles that protected against Yersinia pestis during the plague of 1346-1350 in Europe; they also increase the risk of autoimmune disease.
Positive selection on immune alleles by the…
A fascinating article in Nature finds positive selection for several alleles that protected against Yersinia pestis during the plague of 1346-1350 in Europe; they also increase the risk of autoimmune disease.