Ancient Pathogen Genomes and What They Reveal About the Colonization of Mexico
Session name
Keynote
Authors
María Ávila-Arcos
Abstract
Humans and pathogens have co-evolved for millennia. In fact, the battle of humans against pathogens has been a main driver of our evolution. While there’s documental evidence of numerous historic epidemic outbreaks affecting humans, linking symptoms reported during past outbreaks to particular pathogens, has only been possible recently thanks to the coupling of Next Generation Sequencing and ancient DNA research. The study of ancient pathogen genomes has produced rich knowledge about the biology