Evolutionary BiologybioRxivPreprint
The history of measles: from a 1912 genome to an antique origin
A. Duex, S. Lequime, L. V. Patrono…·S. Calvignac-Spencer
The paper sequences a 1912 measles virus genome and uses molecular clock modeling to estimate measles virus divergence from rinderpest virus as early as the 4th century BCE.
DOI 10.1101/2019.12.29.889667