Ancient Borrelia genomes document the evolutionary history of louse-borne relapsing fever
P. Swali, T. Booth, C. C. S. Tan, J. McCabe, K. Anastasiadou, C. Barrington, M. Borrini, A. Bricking, J. Buckberry, L. Buster, R. Carlin, A. Gilardet, I. Glocke, J. Irish, M. Kelly, , P. Skoglund
The paper analyzes ancient Borrelia genomes to document the evolutionary transition from tick-borne to louse-borne transmission and shows rapid reductive evolution.
bioRxiv · Jul 18, 2024 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology