RNA sequencing of 750-year-old barley virus sheds new light on the Crusades
Thursday, February 6, 2014 - 21:10
in Biology & Nature
Scientists have for the first time sequenced an ancient RNA genome – of a barley virus once believed to be only 150 years old - pushing its origin back at least 2,000 years and revealing how intense farming at the time of the Crusades contributed to its spread.