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Old May 21, 2013   #1
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Default Irish potato famine pathogen identified

Interesting article.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22596561

DNA extracted from museum specimens shows the strain that changed history is different from modern day epidemics, and is probably now extinct.
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That is interesting. It would be nice if all strains of Late Blight went extinct.
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